Moonrise over Crete

[JJthethird]

During my recent holiday to Crete I had an accident early on and broke my right arm, so I couldn't take many photo's. This was taken on my first night. I was going for an atmospheric landscape, but landscapes arent really my best subjects. What do you think I could have improved on?



thanks,

John.

[matthewchj]

I like the colour of the moon. However, the whole picture looks kinda foggy. Oh, and I like the diagonal lines of the hills!

[wulf]

Firstly, sorry to hear about your arm - is it recovered yet?

I think this photo is very good. It might have been improved if you were able to move a bit further to the right so that you could frame a larger dark triangle in the bottom right but maybe not - it is hard to judge how the rest of the picture would shift.

In post processing, you could adjust the colours a bit. While keeping things subtle, you could probably increase the intensity of the colours a bit (eg. the duplicate overlay effect) and perhaps make the moon a little lighter.

An excellent picture though and perhaps some compensation for your misfortune.

Wulf

[jdepould]

I'd say crop it down a little bit: push the moon farther into the upper left corner. Also, you might want to consider bumping the contrast and saturation and pushing the white balance/hue towards the cooler/bluer end of the spectrum.

[jiminyClickit]

JJthethird,

Sympathies for your plight; mine was left wrist, 6 months recovery, last year so no photography woes (pre-DPS). I like your photo as it is, and probably anything you choose to edit. Can you still edit? I'd offer a challenge: get disposable b/w cameras that you can work with one hand and see how fundamental your shots become. Better than withdrawal?

[JJthethird]

Cheers JC, I'm at the fracture clinic on Thursday and will be begging to be allowed to press my shutter. I'm sure that I will be able to carry my camera on the tripod with one hand. But as my main interest is wildlife photography, I think that setting my hide up may be an issue!! As for editing, I can manage the basics, cropping etc but making a freehand selection is definately out of the question!!

Wulf, Thanks for the suggestions. May try them when I've got a bit better control of my editing. No its not better yet, had to have a plate put in so recovery may take a while. What annoys me is that I've got all this time off work but I cant use it to get out in the field with my camera...Very frustrating!!!!!

Thanks again,

John.

[jiminyClickit]

JJthethird,

Forgive the things that come to memory: how do you catch a squirrel? Climb a tree and act like a nut.

In a way, you're lucky it was the arm. Other than awkward cast issues, you might be able to continue shooting. I wondered if a hide could become something you wore, and still be as effective? Like, dressing at home (with help?) in camoflauge, some netting, a strap-on seat? Cameras in a vest?

[clockdoc]

Hope you are on the mend and will be up to full power soon. Do you have a remote shutter (electroninc/wireless or manual) release that could be used with the camera on a tripod? I agree with Jiminy in that I like it just as it is. I can see multiple layers of tones that nicely separate from each other. I would think it will look even better in print form.

[JJthethird]

Thanks Clockdoc, I never thought about using my remote, nice one! Thanks also for your comments, I haven't printed it off yet but I will be doing so now to see how it looks.
Cheers,
John.