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Lavender Dreams

by Youssef Ismail

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 12, 2013830 views11 comments
Happy New Year everyone. Here is my first photo for 2013, and it also happens to be the first new crescent moon for 2013 as well.

Very simple. Smooth color.

Enjoy.

Nikon D2x, Nikon 400mm f5.6, f11, 1/20 sec, ISO 200

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 12, 2013 at 9:31 PM
Beautiful simplicity Youssef! Love it. Happy New Year to you and your family.
Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
Comment posted by Buck Ward on January 12, 2013 at 9:42 PM
I photographed that moon tonight, too, but not nearly as successfully. Nice.
Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments
Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on January 12, 2013 at 9:54 PM
Very Cool Buck.. Share it with us.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 12, 2013 at 10:05 PM
Wonderful! Great comp here Youssef, and I'm just enjoying the mood! :smile:

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 12, 2013 at 10:18 PM
That's one of the thinnest every. Wonder if it has to do with the time of year.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on January 12, 2013 at 10:29 PM
It varies Tony. Its actually not a very thin moon. It was a 35.5 hour old moon, that is 35.5 hours past conjunction and was 2.4% illuminated, meaning that 2.4% of the full disk was illuminated. The thinness comes from photographing it as soon as it was sighted. As the evening continues and the sky dims, the contrast increases and brings out more of the moon. Youngest moon I ever photographed was just over 25 hours old and just about 1% illuminated. Now that was thin.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments
Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 13, 2013 at 11:05 AM
Simplicity at its best. Simple and beautiful.
Registered on January 29, 2010, 285 Posts, 4281 Comments
Comment posted by Adam Smith on January 13, 2013 at 1:46 PM
Usually images like this don't do it for me - but this one does. It is simply, has complimentary colors,and I like the small detail shown in the light.
Registered on November 21, 2012, 16 Posts, 107 Comments
Comment posted by Adam Smith on January 13, 2013 at 1:46 PM
Usually images like this don't do it for me - but this one does. It is simply, has complimentary colors,and I like the small detail shown in the light.
Registered on November 21, 2012, 16 Posts, 107 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 14, 2013 at 12:21 PM
Youssef,

A fine way to great the new year - and a Happy New Year to you as well. Love the color and simplicity of this. Always enjoy and look forward to your moons.

I do notice a couple of faint dust bunnies just to the right of the moon - at least that's what they look like to me, faint spots.

Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by Drew M Wright on January 14, 2013 at 1:10 PM
Beautiful; love the simplicity! :toast:
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