Full moon

[Epimedic]

I took this shot while on a cruise on the Med last month. It was about 1130 at night the ship was cruising at about 20 knots. Very dark and of course no flash. I used a wide aperture and long exposure. What else could I have done to maybe improve this shot?

Full moon over the Mediterranean sea.



Camera:Nikon D60
Exposure:2
Aperture:f/5.3
Focal Length:44 mm
Focal Length:43.6 mm
Exposure Bias:-7/3 EV
Flash:No Flash
ISO Expansion: 1.0 = 3600

[dcclark]

I like this. To me, it's basically abstract -- circle, brushed-metal-like reflection, black and white. ALl about the shapes. To that end, I would recommend making it more abstract -- edit out the small spots of light on the horizon, increase the contrast, crop to center the reflection, etc. But that's just my opinion -- it's what *I* see in the photo.

My question for you is: what did you intend with the photo? I see an abstract composition, but you may have had some other intent. If you can elaborate on that, perhaps I could give other useful critiquing.

Thanks for sharing!

[Epimedic]

Well to be honest, I took about 8 shots of this scene. More out of curiosity. I wanted to see how much light I could grab with different exposure times and apertures. This is the raw image, I have no photo editing software other that what is built into the camera it's self. Which I did not use. I was also curious of how sharp it would turn out with a moving sea and ship. Thanks for the feedback and I hopefully will get into photo editing. By the what any suggestions on which software is worth the investment?

[dcclark]

I recommend Gimp, which is absolutely worth the cost (free!). It's like a free version of Photoshop, in a way, and has most of the advanced features that anyone could ask for.