Lighthouse

Just saw this photo of yours while looking a challenge winners. This moonrise photo is the best photo I have seen in the last six months.
Steve

Thank you *From His Garden* and *Ben* for your kind praise and support!

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Graeme

Graeme Davidson wrote:
> Ser dpreview and 20seven: I reckon the lighthouse would have been about 1300 meters away (shot at 240mm)
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> I should point out that the moon's path that evening (13-04-2009 - North East coast of Scotland) was such that it didn't rise much above the horizon before setting, giving me more opportunity to get a shot with the moon over the lighthouse by walking along the seaside.
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> When that photograph was taken, the moon would have been under 5 degrees above the horizon and was very much dimmer/golden as a result but not so that I could maintain detail on the moon itself. When I arrived to take the shot, the moon was not visible and I thought the clouds would never clear (no wind!) but patience and good luck prevailed.
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> In order to get the composition with the moon above the lighthouse, I had to reposition myself north along the seaside and take shots when the moon came out.
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> The illumination of the lighthouse is the result of sodium vapour street lighting from the town of Montrose (Scotland) immediately behind me. The golden moon light backed up with the orange/yellow sodium vapour light from Montrose provided an overall golden light.
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> The only PP in the photo is white balance correction and levels and a slight crop.
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> I can post up a series of thumbnails of other similar shots taken that evening if futher evidence is required.
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> 20seven, with respect, the rules in this competition, unlike some other competitions, did not state that pictures previously entered were not allowed. I would not have entered if it had said otherwise.
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> Again, I would like to thank everyone again who kindly voted for my picture and offer my congratulations to the other fine entries.
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Congratulations on a great image. I entered myself and expected this one to win.

Ignore the anti PP people, pp is at least half the job of photography and has been forever with the possible expetion of slide film. Digital raw images are worthless and flat and soft until processed.

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Ben

It was my favorite of those submitted. I'm glad to see you got a first. Awesome picture!

No worries at all, *ser dpreview*.

Kind regards,

Graeme

thanks for the explanations

Thank you for your very kind comment James!

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Graeme

Superb. Brilliant. Stunning. Droolworthy. I could go on. What makes you think I'm impressed?

Thank you afb2x!

Ser dpreview and 20seven: I reckon the lighthouse would have been about 1300 meters away (shot at 240mm)

I should point out that the moon's path that evening (13-04-2009 - North East coast of Scotland) was such that it didn't rise much above the horizon before setting, giving me more opportunity to get a shot with the moon over the lighthouse by walking along the seaside.

When that photograph was taken, the moon would have been under 5 degrees above the horizon and was very much dimmer/golden as a result but not so that I could maintain detail on the moon itself. When I arrived to take the shot, the moon was not visible and I thought the clouds would never clear (no wind!) but patience and good luck prevailed.

In order to get the composition with the moon above the lighthouse, I had to reposition myself north along the seaside and take shots when the moon came out.

The illumination of the lighthouse is the result of sodium vapour street lighting from the town of Montrose (Scotland) immediately behind me. The golden moon light backed up with the orange/yellow sodium vapour light from Montrose provided an overall golden light.

The only PP in the photo is white balance correction and levels and a slight crop.

I can post up a series of thumbnails of other similar shots taken that evening if futher evidence is required.

20seven, with respect, the rules in this competition, unlike some other competitions, did not state that pictures previously entered were not allowed. I would not have entered if it had said otherwise.

Again, I would like to thank everyone again who kindly voted for my picture and offer my congratulations to the other fine entries.

Nice work!

single first entry? move nothing? only lucky? challenge required minimal pp - so moon to the right (well 15 sec exposure) lighthouse tower moves to the left...? cloud alignment? and what did light up the tower and houses from the front if at the same time the moon reflects on the sea? whatever you do... this is a photo challenge not a pp pixel tweaker platform and do not resubmit a picture 2 or 3 times...

how far you were from the lighthouse?
Because with 15 sec. the light must pierce the picture.

Thank you everyone who voted for my picture and congratulations to the other fine entries in the challenge.

Thank you Frank, Robert and Raist3d for your very kind comments. Frank, the picture is a single 15 second exposure.

I had to keep moving along the seaside in the course of the night to keep the moon aligned when it emerged from behind the clouds. I was very lucky that the moon broke through the clouds that night!

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Graeme

Love how the moon aligns with the lighthouse aligns with the reflection....

That is an awesome picture!!
Robert.

Amazing capture. Was this captured with just one exposure?

Regards,

Frank

Thank you - glad you like it!

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Graeme