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On the Edge of the Earth's Shadow
On the Edge of the Earth's Shadow
hahn23


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Challenge: The Moon II (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: Gore Range Overlook, RMNP
Date: Aug 31, 2012
Aperture: f/7.1, f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.5s, 1/1000s
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Sep 1, 2012

 The "Blue Moon" of August 31, 2012. This is a composite image of the moon captured at 200mm lens focal length plus proper exposure. The landscape is at 70mm lens focal length with correct exposure. These images were captured at Gore Range Overlook at 6:16 AM. The shadow of the earth is marked by the transition line between the blue-ish sky and the lavender sky. Sunrise and moonset occurred at 6:30 AM. — at Gore Range Overlook. The mountain range is the Never Summer range, which has snow capped peaks in a normal year.

At 6:16 AM on Thursday, August 31, 2012. Alitude 4.6 Azimuth 259.9 Fraction illuminated 1.00

Moonset and sunrise occurred simultaneous at 6:31 AM.

[Sep. 7th, 2012 11:00:26 AM]

My goal was to present an image which looked just like I saw with my eyes. This is the way it looked. Those who don't think it's natural have never seen this scene from that altitude. I'm very happy with the image, but a bit disappointed with the score.

At least it's not a cartoon. It's the real deal. I truly hate Expert Editiing because it confuses a lot of people as to what is real vs. what is fabricated.

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 74
Avg (all users): 5.5785
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.5952
Avg (non-participants): 5.5696
Views since voting: 738
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 121
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-7D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 09/11/2012 01:10:35 PM
Wow, this is gorgeous. so nicely done and underrated IMO.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 09/10/2012 04:01:20 PM
Really well done natural shot. fwiw I gave this a 7, I really like the expert editing photos but can still show some love to really well controlled natural shots.
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 09/10/2012 01:35:35 PM
Originally posted by littlemav:
If this is expert editing you get ++++++ because I can't tell... In my humble opinion, I love expert edits that I think are the real deal!


Ditto. My crazy yellow bird with red ring for an eye in the Aug 2012 FS is just that, crazy. And interestingly they are as yellow as that and the eye is as red as that. I will run out of crazy bird subjects before I ribbon....
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 09/09/2012 08:34:17 PM
Unpretentious but pretty. Voted earlier.
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 09/06/2012 10:59:19 PM
Interesting shot. Its a bit overdone for my taste. The lighting just doesn't seem to flow.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 09/03/2012 12:52:59 PM
If this is expert editing you get ++++++ because I can't tell... In my humble opinion, I love expert edits that I think are the real deal!
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