Bluemoon

[FatimaManila]

I was woken up by the moonlight shining through my window at 5:30am. I tried a lot of shots without flash. I can't remember if I set the cam to night mode or just popped up the flash - my goal was to light up the foreground to eliminate some of the moon's light.

Before


I believe I have a pretty clear shot of the moon there although it's too tiny. So I cropped it. I then added more shadow to make the photo darker, increasing contrast. I then slide the color adjustment tool to cool, rendering my lovely moon bluish.

After (tadah!)


I used Picasa2 to edit this photo.

[richardpsic]

Maybe instead using flash you can set the exposure for the foreground and use a little bit of your zoom to get a more clear shot of our beautiful satellite. I think I tried that before with good results.
Good look!

[ppchkn]

cool efect... but the final pic is little isn´t? (in pxls)

[Dotita]

I´m not sure about this, but, isn´t it that when you bright up the foreground the lights in the background kinda disappear?

If that so, I think that what FatimaManila wanted to achive (show how bright the moon was, that WOKE HER UP) She actually did.

Am I too wrong??? Please someone correct me If I am, so I don´t mess up ,y pictures.... (May be I´ll have to reconsider this photography thing all over :P )

[juno]

I think you did a marvelous job

[FatimaManila]

Thanks for the tip. Too bad this is as far as my lens could go.

I'm still getting to know my d80. What should be a good exposure setting?

Originally Posted by richardpsic

Maybe instead using flash you can set the exposure for the foreground and use a little bit of your zoom to get a more clear shot of our beautiful satellite. I think I tried that before with good results.
Good look!

[FatimaManila]

Hmmm, that's right! I did capture a clearer shot of the moon but failed to capture the story of that moment. I didn't catch the light that woke me up! yeah... too bad. Hope to catch that next full moon

Originally Posted by Dotita

I´m not sure about this, but, isn´t it that when you bright up the foreground the lights in the background kinda disappear?

If that so, I think that what FatimaManila wanted to achive (show how bright the moon was, that WOKE HER UP) She actually did.

Am I too wrong??? Please someone correct me If I am, so I don´t mess up ,y pictures.... (May be I´ll have to reconsider this photography thing all over :P )

[FatimaManila]

true. it's pixelated because I just cropped it. my lens couldn't go so far.

Originally Posted by ppchkn

cool efect... but the final pic is little isn´t? (in pxls)

[qasimj]

I love to look at the moon with my 10x50 binos. It looks awesome.

[BlueSage]

Wouldn't even know it was the same photo. Dramatic change for the better.