Racetrack and Moon at Dusk

Oooooh !!! Splendid ! Awesome ! 7/7

I'd like your impressions of this image I took in the Death Valley

area last week. The moon was really there (No PS). Also the

foreground is a mud Playa, not water....

Fantastic play of light and shadow. I wonder, how you did this. Very good job!

I was at the racetrack dawn to dusk on the 4th of January and kept trying to figure out how to best photograph the grandstand rocks against the playa. I failed miserably. Your image is simply wonderful. I am sure the moon was really there, it was rising after dusk earlier in the week, so this image makes sense. I do think a little PS touch-ups to tone down the sky and enhance the appearence of the moon would help this shot a great deal.

 

Nice job. A "wish I had taken that" shot. Congratulations.

Just great.

Beautiful exposure and timing, great photograph!

Great composition. One of my favorite places, I like that it's not your typical racetrack shot. The contrast between the grandstand and mountains really works.

Awesome image; the blue of the playa and the shadow on the mid-ground rocks are incredible. However, I've got to question the technical information provided: this scene is in Wisconsin? And you used film in a Canon 10D? And if all that's true (especially the part about Wisconsin), this isn't manipulated?

Very creative shot Chris. I was there a couple years ago and never would have thought of a silhoette. Getting the moon in the shot was either very lucky or excellent planning. I do agree about the sky but there's not much you can do with a polarizer at this angle, maybe a 1-stop grad. Still this is a terrific, creative shot of an awesome place.

 

I hadn't updated my film choices in my profile to include CF media, and overlooked the default location of WI. I stated in my description the location was Death Valley.

Wonderful !!

This is a most unusual treatment of 'The Grandstand' - I wonder what this image would have looked like with a touch less exposure. The distant hills are just beginning to lose detail in the highlights.

I really love the composition and the feel this has. I must admit I am somewhat confused, if you can enlighten me please. Was the exposure taken on January 7th 2004? If that is correct, with moonrise at approximately 4:57 p.m. and sunset at approximately 4:53 p.m.on the 7th, how did you pull this off?

Great photo....I love the contrasts and the composition.

Very nice, 7/6

A very nice composition here Chris. If it where

mine I think I'd darken the sky and water for more drama. Well done..

I really like the layering in here. The silhouetting of the Grandstand is terrific. Wonderful balance between the bluish tones of the playa and the sky. Nice work! Cheers! Chris

Amongst the best landscape images I have ever seen. Did you try a darker sky and warmer on the mountain? Just wondering what it would look like. Chris, I'm so glad to have found your work tonight. I'm really impressed. Cheers, JJ

Molto bella!