Church at Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT

I am posting this image because I would like to receive constructive comments in order to improve my photographic skills. I am self-learning photography during my spare time. Moon scenery is my big passion, but it is not easy to photograph. I tend to overexpose the moon. This image represents an attempt to capture a beautiful scene. I was driving home from school when I saw the moon rising over this church. The sun was setting on the west and I only had a few minutes to setup my camera and take a few frames. This is the first frame that I exposed. The moon in the other ones look more overexposed. The dynamic range of the scene was rapidly changing as it was turning darker. I am not sure if the moon is aesthetic to the scene. It is overexposed, relatively too small, and not in the best place. A few months ago I sent this negative to a professional place for scanning, and I was very surprised not to see the moon in the image that was sent to me. It seems to be that the technician removed it without my consent. Should I also remove it or should I try to recover more detail using photoshop? What would you recommend?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Nicolas

I appreciate your comments.

Nicolas, if you are going to 're-do'this image, please do check the vertical alignment..it seems to be tilting to the right a bit?!

Mike,

 

I corrected the vertical alignment of the image.

 

Thank you for the suggestion.

 

Nicolas