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The Waxing Gibbous
The Waxing Gibbous
cheekymunky


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Challenge: Stock Photography II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: outside
Date: Mar 19, 2005
Aperture: f2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Sky
Date Uploaded: Mar 19, 2005

Not too sure what to do for this one, anticipated there being lots of plugs and inanimate objects with funky lighting, so i tried to be a bit different, but in essence take a really simple shot.

Taken with the F717 hand-held up against a 32mm Plossl on my Meade ETX-90, used manual focus. Had a bit of purple fringing so desaturated the image to sort it, then added a slight blue hue. Just a bit of USM & flipped the image hoziontally as i dont have an erecting prism.


Statistics
Place: 47 out of 258
Avg (all users): 6.1814
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.0593
Avg (non-participants): 6.3626
Views since voting: 836
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 226
Comments: 17
Favorites: 2 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/27/2005 01:09:33 PM
a little bit too much noise. other than that very good.
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03/27/2005 05:30:12 AM
Very good on many levels. My only suggestion for improvement is that the black appears a little gray and somewhat noisy. Of course, I've never won a ribbon -- so what do I know! :) BOL 8
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03/26/2005 06:47:14 AM
Wow, what can I say! I need to get me one of those telescope setups. What a great shot and it certainly would sell for sure. Excellent work.

To finish your title: ... Moon is very nearly full and illuminated generally from the right.
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03/25/2005 05:57:41 PM
Outstanding shot...and I learned a new word!
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03/25/2005 03:52:10 PM
too bad another entered in a moon picture and this one isn't as good for the simple reason of the black background isn't very black and clean. but good effort nonetheless.
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03/25/2005 02:30:54 PM
A very nice moon shot. Crisp, detailed, well-exposed. The BG is quite gray (about level 31) which is perceptibly different from black on my monitor. A bit more contrast here would make this even better.
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03/25/2005 10:38:10 AM
Great shot! The moon has a 3D look that's not always shown in moon photos
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03/25/2005 08:38:22 AM
Amazing! Through a telescope?
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03/24/2005 07:02:33 AM
i would have darkened down the image (for more contrast) and perhaps applied neat image or another noise-reducing filter to it. 6.
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03/23/2005 08:36:44 AM
The photo is well taken with good focus and exposure but needs a bit more work in ps. The background should be jet black and the moon needs more contrast and sharpening. Still a 7.
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03/23/2005 07:43:22 AM
I like the clarity of the moon itself. I would be really interested to know what equipment was used for this shot. That said, the background really ruins the photo. There seems to be lots of noise. Could this have been cleaned up with a filter?
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03/22/2005 04:45:23 PM
The other moon beat you out by 1 point (it had less noise, better detail), they are both great shots! Super job!
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03/21/2005 05:07:37 PM
NICE MOON SHOT! Needs much more contrast. There is no true black in the photo.
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03/21/2005 02:26:53 PM
I like it even more than IMAGE_ID=157420 - sharper.
What light source did you use - it's perfect :-)
On a serious note, I'd like to see later what kind of lens this was (or a telescope) and what kind of crop. Top 10 for me.
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03/21/2005 02:26:17 PM
A good capture with an available market.
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03/21/2005 10:32:48 AM
Could really use more contrast to make the blacks black, rather than grayish.
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03/21/2005 09:33:05 AM
Very nice stock shot. Did you take this shot...or is this some kind of monitor trick? If so...what lens did you use?
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