For quite some time, I've wanted to reshoot an old image of mine for a challenge:
You can get a large moon in a single frame with a subject on the ground (see my tutorial), but it's a lot easier to just composite using expert rules!
It's a fun example of how I've learned over the years. For example, this time I included the reflecting pool, which meant physically moving to a different spot and composing differently.
I also figured out how to merge different images with different brightness to even out the Capitol and especially the statue on top. Not automated HDR, but using a layer mask and transparency.
I shot the Capitol with my recently-repaired Tamron 17-50 at 26mm and the moon with my 70-200 at 200mm.
Redoing this is similar to the way I reshot and greatly improved
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Great one... My ONLY thing that sorta bothers me is the moon's color, it seems to jump out and slap me in the face, like it maybe could've used ??? a slight touch of color??? Just my opinion other wise it's a WOW shot!!!
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