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 10/16/2005 01:46:29 AM · #1
so I was out playing around with the equipment after a customer no showed ...
picked up a couple of nice moon shoots


and a accident avoided !



As always ... I welcome comments !!!!

Thanks
 10/16/2005 02:37:15 AM · #2
Originally posted by nomad469:

I like this one a lot -- the clouds give it a sense of presence I like. However, I do think the large black area at the top is a bit excessive -- might consider croping it down a bit.

David
 10/16/2005 10:43:48 AM · #3
Here is another a couple of seconds later

10/16/2005 11:26:22 AM · #4
These are absolutely beautiful images. Wish you would share the tech info regarding aperture, shutter speed and any other tips. Thanking you in anticipation and waiting :)
 10/16/2005 11:27:28 AM · #5
That last moon shot is perfect for halloween. Beautiful! :)
 10/16/2005 01:15:57 PM · #6
Originally posted by laurielblack:
That last moon shot is perfect for halloween. Beautiful! :)


Thanks Laurie
The things that you can do with a Texas sky :)
10/16/2005 01:43:25 PM · #7
Originally posted by Nonage:
These are absolutely beautiful images. Wish you would share the tech info regarding aperture, shutter speed and any other tips. Thanking you in anticipation and waiting :)


The tech on this is actually kinda cool - It was made up on the fly as I am really just learning photoshop.

The original image was shot at 1/400 at f5 and was a little flat for my taste...


I wanted to make it more "dramatic"
So the steps were.

Imported Raw using CS2 Camera Raw - Exposure set to 0 and bumped the contrast a liitle.

2. Levels - to richen the colors.
3. Channel mixer - Increased the red in the red channel and blue in the blue channel
3a. tweeked the color balance just a bit to give the moon a bit of a orange red cast
4. New layer - with layer mask
5. Levels again really saturating the top and bottom
6. on the layer mask did a gradient top black bottom transparent and another in the reverse. That way the moon wasn't affected by the level change but the top and bottom sky was.
7. contrast +5 brightness -1
8. USM
9. crop for 3:2 with the idea of the rule of thirds in mind (it is a little off...but oh well)
9. save for web
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