Moonset

Ole! Good work :)

Verdaderamente magnifica una autentica obra de arte, felicidades por esta gran foto.

Realy G R E A T E!!!

OK, call me a purist -- if this was a single camera image shot as two or more bracketed exposures and combined in PS as a HDR image then I'd really be impressed...!

Does the moon turns around his axis? For the first time I see the moon in such position...

This is awesome.

SPECTACULAR, one of the best images I've seen on P.N. well deserving of the high marks it received although I would have averages it closer to 7/7. Congrations, well done. rek

Thanks all.

 

Well I am glad I confessed that it was a composite image from the start, although some people seemed to have missed that opening comment. A picture like this is not possible in reality. HDR won't even do this--or highly doubtful. There are also conflicts of DOF and relative sizes of the foreground tree etc etc. Also a moon low to the horizon is distorted...this one is round as it was hot higher in the sky. Still the PS fakery worked...

 

It was a fun image to create from two different images. Funny how such a simple idea can turn into an image that folks really like.

 

Herkus, I assure you that my moon is at the exact angle as it was taken, i.e. it was not rotated. The majority of moon images I've looked at (Google: Images) are close the position as my moon. I assume there are changes in the appearance of the angle due to seasons and location on earth (~50?N latitude) at which the picture was taken. See here...scroll down..

 

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/moon_ap_per.html

 

 

 

Cheers!

 

Clive

"The problem with all moon shots is that they look just like all the other moon shots" - author not remembered

 

Clive:

 

I greatful for your 48pt, all caps and bold NOT! added to the above, recently read post.

 

This is just great.

Really impressive.

It reminds me of a Tim Burtonesque landscape.

One of my favorite

 

Impressive!

I'm usually not crazy about composite images, but I like this one. I would even hang it on my wall. Dan

How did you do that??

"I greatful for your 48pt, all caps and bold NOT! added to the above, recently read post." ??? Sorry, I don't understand this comment.

 

How did I do this? It is two images, the scene and the moon. The moon was dropped onto the tree and made to appear to be behind the tree by removing the parts of the moon that were "in front" of the tree branches. Simple, no? :)

It's nice, but I must agree with some of the other posters in this thread. If this were real, I'd be impressed.

 

If the photographer actually read some astrnomical data, positioned themselves, used the right lens, and waited for the moment, I'd give them a 7/7. There are photos here (photo.net) in the same moon/object style that are just as good, and not photoshopped.

 

But since this is photoshopped, I can only say good work with the computer.

I don't care how you did it, Clive. It's an excellent composition, and the moon and tree placement is exquisite. Have to say that I prefer it as a silhouette, though. It appears more realistic to me. Purely subjective, naturally.

Beautiful creation. Excellent composition.

Great job... No more comment just look

given that it is a Fabrication, I still think its a great piece of work.

 

probably a 6/6.

 

Cheers

Fabrication or not.....this is extraordinary. You had to have the vision and creativity to realize this, and you've done a great job!

Finally, I seeing a nicely and well executed montage. Very nice composition. Your PS work is very good. My only negative comment is, the Moon never looks so sharp edged in a real life. And no mater how good and sharp your tele lens.! But it is a nice image. Bravo.

 

Cheers; Bela

Great image- I see this all over the place at the moment- my doctor's waiting room for example! I do wish people would read the explanation re. how the image was done before they take the purist stance and sound off ! Cheers, Gary

i dont know to like it or not. First time i had look at your window, I thought Wow, seems like you have the Moon on somekind of lash. I also thought what lucky you must be to find out this land. I was so mistaken when I read this is a fabrication...

I like the tree, tell me Is it a natural one?

Unfortunate that it is a composite, takes away from the potential magic of the shot and the story that usually goes along with getting these once in a lifetime shots. At what point is something no longer a photograph, and if we are to submit to 'painting' our photographs to make them interesting, then why don't we just draw the entire thing in the first place to try and maintain some more artistic value?