Moon Rise

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 8, 20154,301 views7 comments

I am starting to play with using moon light to light my images. It is a very soft light. Last night the moon was 97% full and was not suppose to come up until and hour after the end of twilight, so I could shoot a dark sky and some moon images. When the moon came up it had that great orange-red glow. This is a merge of two images for exposure. One for the moon and one for the landscape. I also had to do some dodging to bring out detail in the landscape and clouds. Thanks for your comments and critiques.

Canon 7D
Sigma 120-400
Manual
Shutter 2 sec
Aperture f5.6
ISO 1600
400mm
Tripod and Remote release
Processing in PSE13

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on March 8, 2015 at 1:22 PM

Very nice how the atmospheric bending of light is visible in this picture! The blend looks really nice, but I do seem to see a bit of haloing around the moon, which I guess comes from the blending. But it might very well be a natural thing, hard to see.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 8, 2015 at 7:09 PM

Nice scene. I like the darkness of the bluff, and the colors in the clouds. I also see the halo in the Moon.

--P

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on March 8, 2015 at 7:54 PM

Nice juxtaposition of the elements here. The colours are lovely.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 9, 2015 at 5:55 PM

Beautiful fire-like moonrise.

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Comment posted by Sandro Bisotti on March 9, 2015 at 7:43 PM

I am not an expert of this particular kind of photography, but I can tell I like much this one.
Simple, direct, half-abstract subject and composition, very good sharpness, colour control and low noise....
all works for the general quality and fascination of the image.
All the best,
Sandro

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 10, 2015 at 9:01 PM

This is beautiful, Richard. I think we all have memories of moonrises like this, but an image that is as faithful to such memories is not so common. Wonderful colors, tones, and clarity, right down to the miles of atmosphere bending the light.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 11, 2015 at 2:26 PM

So celestial!

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