Desert Moon IV

Hi Ron. Great work. Its has mood and great composition. The moon is so perfect. well seen, well captured. Well done my friend. Regards, Lawrence

Intriguingly designed and textured.

I realize that this is an "artist's conception" here, and it does have a very nice atmosphere, with colors and textures that evoke a sense of mystery. But when I first looked at the image, the sky seemed very much out of context, and I eventually figured out why. The issue that distracted me is the ambiguity of the light source: the orientation of the moon tells me the sun is below the horizon on the left, yet the shadows on the rocks and ground indicate that there's a huge light source (that is, not a flash) about 30 degrees above the horizon on the left. That makes the darkness of the sky and the orientation of the moon seem inconsistent with the rest of the image. I realize that this is not intended as a depiction of reality, so the problem might be completely irrelevant to your artistic intent, but it's always useful to be aware of the kinds of issues that might stand between a viewer and your objectives as an artist, so you can deal with the issues if you want to or choose to ignore them if you don't. 

I see the shadow  of  the bush, and the rocks in a daylight illumination,  but  the sky and  the Moon in the Night position. (?) And.  Please observe  the Moon, it  never  has a fat crescent  as  shown in the image. In the  evening  time  those  rocks and scenery become  very blueish, not  as bright  clear  red  as  shown in this  image.

To tell you, the  image  is  very good, fantastic, perfect  and  so  and so, I would  lying  to  you  and  mislead  you  badly.

BLM.