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vickshy00
30th of October 2006 (Mon), 10:12
It was not exactly raining outside, but the sight of the moon just as I came back from work sent my creative ( :oops: ) pulses soaring and here are the results :)

C&C welcome

Exif data as follows

Shooting Mode : Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) : 1/80
Av( Aperture Value ) : 6.3
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed : 100
Lens : Sigma 200 with 2X TC
Focal Length : 400.0 mm
Flash : Off
White Balance Mode : Auto
AF Mode: One-Shot AF

Post processing - just made white balance cloudy and sharpened image using u/s mask besides cropping

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/4963/moon0001vo6.th.jpg (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moon0001vo6.jpg)

vickshy00
30th of October 2006 (Mon), 10:14
Same image...but with auto WB

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7460/moon0002sg3.th.jpg (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moon0002sg3.jpg)

vickshy00
31st of October 2006 (Tue), 06:43
it's that bad huh? :(

elcuartoscuro
31st of October 2006 (Tue), 14:11
very good!!!!

henry_b
1st of November 2006 (Wed), 12:13
very good, i like the first one better, may be a little USM will work good on this one.
cheers

ruffian
1st of November 2006 (Wed), 17:52
took this exact shot also 2 nights ago ... good work.

vickshy00
2nd of November 2006 (Thu), 08:53
tx for the comments guys :)

azle
4th of November 2006 (Sat), 06:59
brilliant work! i also like the first one better.