Xmas moon

[m13l13]

Playing with f-stop and Aperture just before xmas, I saw clouds rolling in in front of the moon.

The pic came out nice, but the moon was over exposed and no matter how much editing I did, it never really looked right.

So, I waited until the next evening and shot the moon on a cloudless night and overlay just the moon on the original pic.

Any crit would be welcome...



F 1 sec
A 7.1
Focal l: 68mm

Tx..

[aakash_vakil]

Gives nice effect though :-)
Did you create the blue tint around the moon?

[wulf]

It looks artificial and rather cartoony. However, when you think of some of the awesome graphic novels and animated films that have come out in recent years, that is not necessarily a bad thing. It is neat effect.

Wulf

[m13l13]

Hey aakash_vakil - the blue and yellow / orange tinge were there, just slightly enchanced the highlights.

This time of year we generally have clear blue skies, lots of heat and thnder stroms in between.

cheers

[jiminyClickit]

m13l13,

Once you remove dark sky color from overlay moon circumference (erasing into lighter area if necessary) and overlay it, you may need to resize until edges blend, giving a seamless convincing look. Adding a hint of clouds back in front will complete the work.

Consider Post Processing Section in Techniques for this sort of question next time, since it deals more with it.

[ken52278]

It's kinda neat! If you stare at the picture long enough it starts to look like the moon is floating out of the picture, kinda 3-D'ish!! Very interesting effect!