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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Chris Calohan on December 17, 2013, 12:59:18 am

Title: Moonrise
Post by: Chris Calohan on December 17, 2013, 12:59:18 am: (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/11414520344_7e69702814_o.jpg)
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Post by: Rajan Parrikar on December 17, 2013, 01:09:05 am: It is a striking image. I wish you hadn't lopped off the top of the tallest lamp post.
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 17, 2013, 01:09:05 am: I think this calls for a square composition. Otherwise, great color.
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Post by: Jeremy Roussak on December 17, 2013, 03:47:56 am: Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on December 17, 2013, 01:09:05 am
It is a striking image. I wish you hadn't lopped off the top of the tallest lamp post.

+1. And I wish you'd centred the moon between the two posts. I like it, though.

Jeremy
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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on December 17, 2013, 04:21:12 am: What the others have said. Nice image, lots of potential.
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Post by: Chris Calohan on December 17, 2013, 07:57:31 am: Unfortunately, there are a set of huge hydro cables right above and to the foreground that I chose to omit, thus causing the cutoff of the upper pole. Square crop might work. Centering meant standing in 30 foot deep water, as is, I was over the edge and then some. ;D I'm going back tonight and see if I can find another shooting position as I too like the way this shot emerged. Thanks all.
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Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on December 17, 2013, 08:59:12 am: You might find it heretic, but I think this all could be photoshopped from what you have in the image ...
Moving the moon, finishing the top of the image .....
:D
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 17, 2013, 09:37:19 am: +1

Absolutely! One of those times when I wouldn't mind Briotizing it. 😊
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Post by: Chris Calohan on December 17, 2013, 11:17:57 am: The top has two issues. The cables are a bitch to remove and if I raise the top of the light standard and I can handily do it, I have to change the crop ratio and that I'm not sure I want to do...anyway, Russ would murder me in my sleep. I was trying to avoid to much cliché-ish positioning with the moon and obviously not trying to fall in the bay. I'll dink about with it later.
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Post by: sdwilsonsct on December 17, 2013, 04:45:14 pm: Many fine suggestions here, but I think the image is very nice as presented.
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Post by: davidh202 on December 17, 2013, 09:06:19 pm: Chris
The fix is simple with the image you have there. Add more canvas to the top- select the top of the cut off lamp to isolate it from a content aware fill of the newly added top= and copy and paste a new lamp top in its place in another layer- then square crop the image
Saw your editing allowed so I post. ;-)
David

BTW there is a ton of really dark spots all over the image mostly in the upper right hand corner... was this shot with a D600 ?
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Post by: AFairley on December 17, 2013, 09:20:40 pm: I think the moon is better slightly off center as it is, but including the top of that lamppost is essential. (IMO)
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Post by: Chris Calohan on December 17, 2013, 11:52:41 pm: Food for thought. Thanks!