+RP's Moody Oxbow Take 2

Nice image Ryan, your colors come out nicely to what we expect in the scene. I expect the real scene was very cyan, much as with tungsten, daylight we correct to what we think we are percieving.

Thanks!    Tom

It's the blues that make it unique.  Looks just about right to me.  I think you want people to know it's night.  Very nice.

Nice take.  Could see putting some blue back in.  I'd expect a bit more.  Good stuff.

aF

Real nice!!!! The blues are working for me as is. Excellent.

Ryan, This is really nice. I like the blues in this scene a lot and it really has the night look and feel. Your composition works great and I especially like the highlights reflected in the water. Beautiful work on this!  Nick

The moonlight works very well here, Ryan.  It sets off a fine glow on the mountains and in the trees plus distinct, but nicely muted reflections..  Including some of it's brightness in the frame and the reflection contributes nicely to the story of a fine moonlight night.  The blues look good as presented.

Not at al too blue for me, it fits this scene perfectly! I love everything about this image, and you nicely captured the mood that you described. Must have been amazing to witness on spot.

Loving everything about it, nice take on an iconic spot.  Ron

Ryan,  Wow, this is surreal!  Very unique and beautiful.

The blues aren't too saturated, but for my taste I would like this to lean more towards blue than cyan, if I had a preference.

The only minor nit I have is that this appears to have a very small ccw rotation?  Maybe it's perception only?

I'm also trying figure out something.  The reflection of the moon is significantly warmer than in the sky.  I know when near the horizon a full moon will pick up the warmth, but the light in the sky is more towards white.  Shouldn't the reflection be nearly the same?  Curious about that.

Regardless, still a unique and special image.

Lon

Beautifully presented, Ryan.  While a 50-50 split of the horizon may not normally work well, I like the inclusion of the moon's reflection to complete the moody composition, and the color balance looks fine to me.  Well done.

Thanks everyone for all the thoughts on this  image, as I very much appreciate your time and input on my images.

Lon,

I have attached a raw screen capture of what the shot looked like in raw, and I remember seeing as bit warmer. I may want to bring down the warmth a bit as it may be on the intense side. I am will look over the CCW rotation too. The water was pretty dark, and I remember the reflection being more orange, but alas I may have really wanted to offset the blues with an aggressive warmth to the reflection. Also, the moon may have has a tad bit more warmth than usual. I am no expert, but the whole Blood Moon thing was going on at this time.  I am adding another post for that example of the moon.

I think I had a soft 2 stop soft GND on for the water area to bring that down, and a soft 4 for the top. Alas, I will experiment with reducing the orange glow a bit to see how it looks.

Than you for the thoughts Lon, as always.

An underexposed moon capture

Ryan,

Thanks for including the screenshot of the Raw image.  Interesting.  Maybe someone else with more experience and knowledge can explain the difference in the reflection, but after your additional information, I'm wondering about the grads.  Years ago, I recall plastic Cokin grabs had a distinct color cast.  I don't know what you have, but I'm wondering if that caused a color shift?  Otherwise, unless there was something in the water to cause a color change, I'm at a loss as to why there is such a difference in color.  Clearly, it wasn't your processing.

I'm easily stumped though.... ;-)

I'm with you on the blue and cyan perception thing. This seems to happen on a fair number of my images. Perhaps it's my workflow. Maybe it's just the way I perceive the colors myself. I like the eeriness and the mood it has created.

An exceptional shot for me, Ryan! Keeping the moon outside the frame really works for me, and I enjoy the interplay of cooler and warmer shades.

I just think whether cropping a bit from the bottom might help me to concentrate on the midground, that seems very interesting to me.

Peter

Perfect light and lovely dreamy.  Nice job in all respects here! 

No problem on the blues for me too Ryan. Beautiful scene, and I really like the subtle stars shining through.

I love the colors here, the reds and blues complementing each other beautifully. I find the out-of-frame moonlight a distraction though, but no one else has mentioned it.

I really like this, Ryan, right down to the warmth.  I know this sounds crazy, but sometimes I think there is a warmness imparted to the very air when leaves are orange.  For me, it works.

Regarding the orange tint of the moon's reflection, I wonder if there was a large boulder or rock or something just under the water that was illuminated by the reflection in some way?   Or maybe you had on a headlamp

Ryan,
Late commenting but wanted to relay that I think this is a terrific image. Love the comp. and color palette. Outstanding capture!

Thank you again for the time and thought y'all.


Marylynne,

There may have been a rock under the water there as I was literally inches away from the water, and the water was rather low at this time of year.  Thanks for the thoughts.