Cold moonlit sunset

It was near -20F when I took this picture in Idaho. The pink glow of

the sky really set this tree off. The moon was a bonus.

NIce photo. Usually footprints in a snow photo sort of detract from the pic but here you have done a nice job taking advantage of them.

Agree with foot prints but pulled off well ( leading towards tree). Could use a bit of an angle change ( perspective) placing foot steps in diagonal ( starting from left bottom corner) towards tree, then moon in corner to make it flow through whole photo. One to one half stop over would have given better detail to the snowprints but would have diminished the saturation of the sky. Depends what your going for but overall I like it.

Our satellite is far too small, it ruin the perfection of the shot...

Great idea, good tonality and light but the moon adds nothing.

 

Recrop like this and you have a great photo.

I guess that I am going to have to disagree with most of the above comments. I think the moon does add something, I think there is enough detail in the prints, and I think that shoe prints in the snow can be an advantage if used to lead the viewer's eye (as they do here). Nice color and tones. Way to brave the cold!

Without the footprints I'd like this shot a lot more

too bad the footprints don't go to the tree, now it is clear somewone walked back to make the shot

Actually, there could have been some detail in the moon with a double exposure. To do this, first take a meter reading of the entire subject and make note. Use a long lens say 200-300mm, set camera to multiple shot, compose so that the moon would be in left or right top corner ( make a mental note where the moon is in relation to the viewfinder), take the shot, then recompose so that mental image of moon's position does not interfere with the horizon or tree ( or maybe keep the moon close to the horizon for a moonrise). Now set EV compensation to -1 to -1 1/2 from original exposure you measured for the entire scene to underexpose on the same film ( you've exposed once already, need to decrease amount of light ). You may need to practice a bit but if you get the exposures right, you could create a really dramatic scene. This would probably work better if you first took the moonshot at night when its darker since the dark areas on the film won't record. If there are any better ways of doing this (I'm sure there is) please let me know.

Beautiful! Miles' cropping makes it even better. WJ