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Moonlilght Sonata
Moonlilght Sonata
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Blue III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Groton, CT
Date: Nov 11, 2008
Aperture: f8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 129 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Nov 11, 2008

 taken about an hour after sunset, with the moon behind the clouds. the moving clouds gave a fantastic effect. there is only a touch of added saturation. the moonlight does most of the work.

PP - rotate, crop, Noise Ninja. shadows/highlights. cloned out a few hot pixels and dust spots. curves layer. hue/sat layer. resize, USM. another dose of Noise Ninja (I had to sacrifice some detail in the foreground for smoothness in the sky since I couldn't selectively edit). added border, save for web.

post-voting - I just noticed I spelled my title wrong! what was I thinking?

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 186
Avg (all users): 6.9021
Avg (commenters): 7.4118
Avg (participants): 6.6349
Avg (non-participants): 7.0000
Views since voting: 2546
Views during voting: 371
Votes: 235
Comments: 21
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/18/2008 09:14:20 PM
Congrats Steve! Fine shot. Must have been dark when you shot this judging by the 129s exposure.
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 11/18/2008 07:09:20 PM
Congrats on top 10, Steve!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/18/2008 01:13:26 PM
pure joy
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 11/18/2008 11:29:47 AM
very good sky movement efect!
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 11/17/2008 06:43:04 PM
Almost too much depth in this but it works well. Interesting photo.
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 11/16/2008 02:01:35 PM
nice landscape
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 11/15/2008 05:14:33 PM
Awesome sky and processing.
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 11/15/2008 04:54:52 PM
awesome sky!!! looks 3D like it's coming out of my screen!
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 11/15/2008 03:07:22 PM
The motion in the clouds is really fun. But it leads my eye to the horizon, which looks tilted to me. I always have a hard time with shots that are only slightly tilted because I can't tell if it's intentional and it makes me cock my head when I look at it.
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 11/15/2008 11:04:09 AM
Just gorgeous and a perfect title....the movement of the clouds is wonderful.
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 11/14/2008 02:45:38 PM
love the clouds, how long of an exposure was this? the whole picture overall looks a tad bit blurry, maybe too much neat image or motino blur? 6
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 11/13/2008 07:11:09 PM
The cloud movement gives a surreal sense of movement that draws the viewer in. Perhaps a bit underexposed for my likes.
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 11/13/2008 03:53:56 PM
nice clouds
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 11/13/2008 08:41:23 AM
Awesome color, the love the way the clouds look like they are moving.
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 11/13/2008 08:13:43 AM
Love the longer exposure and the stepped up blue's
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 11/12/2008 08:02:50 PM
Wonderful!
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 11/12/2008 06:45:12 PM
Beautiful photo. Wonderful sky.
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 11/12/2008 10:10:48 AM
very nice but is tilted a little to the left? 7
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 11/12/2008 08:48:48 AM
JD? Nice detail on the foregournd rocks and a fantastic sky to pull it together. On second look I don't think it is Jdannels... The spot of lighthouse doesn't look west coast to me. Good luck.
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 11/12/2008 05:09:57 AM
Whoa, makes me feel like I'm flying.
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 11/11/2008 08:44:24 PM
very nice sky, it looks like a lighthouse or something on the far left, that may have added some more interest if it was more involved in the composition.
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