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Moon Struck
Moon Struck
BrianR


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-04 (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Hervey Bay Australia
Date: Apr 5, 2007
Aperture: 14.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Apr 22, 2007

Moon Struck

IMG 5054, Moon at 6.38am, 4/5/2007, Focal length 300.0mm
F13.0….1/3200…ISO800
IMG 5084, Mary River & Susan River at River Heads, at 12.47pm, 4/5/2007, focal length 21.0mm
F14.0….1/320….ISO200

Some tone adjustments. Sharpen, crop in raw.

Removed sky from river scene through trees, and replace with moon & stars which are part of the moon canvas and appear when processed.
Adjust brightness/contrast on each layer before merging
HDR action.
Color balance
Final sharpen
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 263 out of 573
Avg (all users): 5.7588
Avg (commenters): 5.4444
Avg (participants): 5.7143
Avg (non-participants): 5.8627
Views since voting: 981
Views during voting: 272
Votes: 170
Comments: 16
Favorites: 2 (view)


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05/15/2007 11:54:04 AM
wow you did good on this, I can't post process this good wouldn't even know where to start.
05/14/2007 01:42:53 PM
Wow, I love this! Very nice job melding the moon into the other scene.
05/12/2007 03:56:11 AM
Very artistic! It has a surreal quality to it, yet it's hard to pinpoint what would make you feel that way. Great job with the editing.
05/11/2007 08:51:13 AM
This is a terrific idea. I think with just a little more post work this could really be a 1 in a million shot. Can't help you there though since I don't know PhotoShop for the life of me. Compositionally this shot has it all, wonderfully combined images.
05/08/2007 04:09:52 PM
i love moon shots. i always get sucked in by them - probably because I cannot take them lol. this has that fantastical mythical quality to it - that's why i think i like it!
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05/08/2007 01:14:58 PM
Quite an otherworldly feel to it - would fit in quite well as a sci fi book jacket illustration.
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05/08/2007 04:22:59 AM
Very cool. I love it. The texture really adds to the image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/06/2007 10:07:07 AM
I love it! I would love to know how to create pictures like this...10
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05/06/2007 09:36:17 AM
Well...I was a little confused at first, and it took me a minute to figure out what this was. I think the moon is much to large, and since it's so bright, and everything else so dark, it makes things really confusing. But I really love these kind of images! With contrasts between deep shadows, illuminted blues and greens, and then some scatterings of shining bightness. Lovely! Excellent try.
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05/05/2007 07:03:27 PM
GREAT!
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05/04/2007 09:45:49 AM
Very Cool. Nicely done.
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05/03/2007 09:52:44 PM
the stars just ruin this - so close
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05/03/2007 06:24:13 PM
There are quite a number of images in the challenge that are digital manipulations. Some of them work well. This one doesn't work all that well. It looks overdone. IMHO, when the effect itself becomes the only real attention getter in an image, it ceases to be effective. ~3
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05/03/2007 01:19:26 PM
LOL
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05/03/2007 08:47:18 AM
Looks like its right out of a storybook. Nice presentation.
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05/01/2007 11:10:20 AM
The composition is interesting, and I like the deep rich colors and detail on the trees....but...the moon and stars look really unreal, Real starfields have a lot more variety. Yours are all the same size and intensity. And there's a huge bright moon directly in front of the camera, but all the moonlight is hitting the trees from the right.
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