Under the full moon

I did some trials, shooting under the full moon. The moon is odd shaped, don't know why The white spots are not dead pixels but stars . C&C? - olli

Lovely! there are places it seems almost three dimensional! Love the stars peeking around the evergreen upper left foreground.

I think the lighting created by the fire is wonderful but the fire itself is disproportionally large. The cabin & foreground are what make the picture for me.

Moon is shaped like that because of the long exposure- its been blown out and the moons position has changed. Try double exposure for these kind of shots. The fire and cabin make a great foreground for the shot i agree.My 2 cents worth

I feel like that too, Wu! I get a similar 3d feeling: tangible, concrete foreground and stars far, far away.

Great commets, thanks Scott and Daman. I did not notice that the light in front of the cabin looks like a fire actually that is a few hundred of those tiny xmas lamps in a small tree.

The exposure time was 15 s, could the odd shape of the moon be because of its position in the corner of the image and lens diffraction (this was shot with G5)? Double exposure is really something I will try. Would 'merge to HDR' be something usefull with this kind of shots?

- olli

Olli, I would suggest take a seperate shot of the moon and merge the two together.
Heres a good link for the technique of digital double exposure for the moon in case you already don't know.
http://www.dpreview.co​m …s/Double_Exposu​res_01.htm

There was a thread going on about moon shots here somewhere, you might want to check that as well. Youll probably need something like f16 and 1/100 sec or faster to capture the moon, on a 100 or 200 ISO. Ah and here's my example of double expsoure i used to click a similar shot.
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=121180
Let us know what you come up with.

Hi Olli
To start with i like the shot (i don`t know if you could do something about the burnt out light? shot in raw?) ,the moon shape seems to me like its done from flare (usualy from a cheap filter in front of lens,or even lens itself) check this link...

http://www.kenandchris​tine.com/gallery/10543​87/2

Overall,good try with very good results,well done.

damansidhu wrote:
Olli, I would suggest take a seperate shot of the moon and merge the two together.
Heres a good link for the technique of digital double exposure for the moon in case you already don't know.
http://www.dpreview.co​m …s/Double_Exposu​res_01.htm

There was a thread going on about moon shots here somewhere, you might want to check that as well. Youll probably need something like f16 and 1/100 sec or faster to capture the moon, on a 100 or 200 ISO. Ah and here's my example of double expsoure i used to click a similar shot.
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=121180
Let us know what you come up with.

Daman, very good link - thanks. Also your picture is a great example for me. I made first trials with double exposure, but those were no good (the moon I had as a separate picture was crap) - I need to practice more.
- olli

dv2004 wrote:
Hi Olli
To start with i like the shot (i don`t know if you could do something about the burnt out light? shot in raw?) ,the moon shape seems to me like its done from flare (usualy from a cheap filter in front of lens,or even lens itself) check this link...

http://www.kenandchris​tine.com/gallery/10543​87/2

Overall,good try with very good results,well done.

This was jpeg, so not much can be done with the light. Very interesting link - thanks. This picture was taken a year ago, and very possible I was using a low grade wide angle for G5 there - have to check this weekend (when I'm in the cabin again) the shooting angles - can't remember by heart anymore.

If the weather allows, I will now take the same picture (including double exposure) with 20D and some more suitable lenses Let's see, if there is any difference with the result ...
- olli

Olli wrote:
This was jpeg, so not much can be done with the light. Very interesting link - thanks. This picture was taken a year ago, and very possible I was using a low grade wide angle for G5 there - have to check this weekend (when I'm in the cabin again) the shooting angles - can't remember by heart anymore.

If the weather allows, I will now take the same picture (including double exposure) with 20D and some more suitable lenses Let's see, if there is any difference with the result ...
- olli

Ah,give it a try Olli,nothing to loose.

What a beautiful image! The "fire" is a little distracting, but I love the glow it created.

wow

Gorgeous!

dv2004 wrote:
Ah,give it a try Olli,nothing to loose.

... Jay, David and blighty, thanks for feedback. Dimitri, you're right, nothing to loose. i just need to wait for clear night and use my brand new 70-200 to get a good clear shot of the moon