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08/10/2020 12:55:43 PM |
glad2badad,
Thanks for your comments.
I do agree with your critique as far as the stars not sharp. At 24mm it was a challenge to get the arch in focus along with the stars. At 24mm. f/2.8 the HFD was 22.3 ft. I normally use PhotoPills to determine the HFD but that night didn't have my phone with me. I underestimated the HFD and was a little to close, some 15 ft. from the arch. Before dark I had focused on the arch thinking the stars would be acceptably in focus from that distance. And yes some noise in the shadows. I did shoot this bracketed and attempted to process as a HDR. The lens flare made the HDR versions look bad. The image shown is actually the 3 stop bracket. I used it because the moon was blown out in the normal exposure image. Thus the noise in the shadows.
Sony A7Rii, Sigma 24-7mm f/2.8 @ 24mm, f/2.8, 20 sec. ISO 2000 |
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08/10/2020 11:15:15 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
You know what's ironic? I hadn't noticed the Moonrise reference until just now, and I voted on this image during the challenge (gave it a 6). I actual am impressed that that is the moon! How awesome is that?!
It's such an iconic location that I looked at it briefly, said, yep, about average for this challenge, voted and moved on.
Digging in a bit more now, there are two technical items that come forward pretty readily; noise in the shadows (like it may have been pushed in post) and the night sky (stars) are not sharp (20 second exposure at ??? focal length? - may have been pushing the 500 rule a little? Or, didn't quite get hyperfocal distance quite right and the focal range didn't quite get the infinity point?).
I do like the composition balance between foreground and sky, and the '*burst' on the moon is a plus.
I'll have to poke around your profile / portfolio now and see what other fun things you've been putting out there. :-)
Regards,
Barry |
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08/05/2020 05:07:50 PM |
Originally posted by Farmr:
Very Nice, Sun on one side, stars on the other.... |
Not the Sun but rather nearly Full Moon that had just rose above the horizon.
This was shot June 6, 2020. -- This is a very popular location for sunrise shots where the bottom of the arch is aglow with sunlight. I had often thought that a moon rise might have the same effect. The June full moon is known as the Rose Moon. Wind in the area had a lot of the red desert dust in the air. When the moon rose it was almost red. I waited until the night after the full moon so that moon rise was well after sunset at the end of the Blue Hour. |
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08/04/2020 07:01:30 AM |
| My pick for yellow in this challenge. |
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07/29/2020 02:16:11 AM |
| Very Nice, Sun on one side, stars on the other.... |
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