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Went outside to lock my truck tonight, when I noticed these beautiful clouds sailing over the bright moon. The colors were incredible, so I grabbed my rebel and my tripod and took a couple of shots. I exposed one for the clouds, and one for the moon. I combined the two in PaintShop Pro, and increased the saturation for effect. My daughter liked it, so I printed it out for her. I just thought the clouds and the colors were pretty cool, and by boosting the saturation a bit, and combining the two exposures of the same scene, it gave it a unique look. Thanks!



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gpichler said:
perfect colors, well exposed,
nice shot! i like it!
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Thanks gpichler. It was fun to try combining the two different exposed shots.

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Aussie 300D said:
Well done Mike,
You have inspired me, we have a very rare blue moon over here on
the east coast of Australia tonight. I fear i may not catch it due
to cloud but i would consider waiting a few hours in the cool air
to get a shot like yours.
Aussie
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Thanks Aussie. Hope you caught some good shots!

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Spaz said:
Nice shot mike! The colors look exagerated...but not overly!
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Thanks Spaz. My daughter saw the original shots, and like the colors. So I boosted them a bit to see what she thought, and she approved. So the picture is kid tested :)

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Spaz said:
I dont know if larger works....it seems like the moon has been cut
and pasted in now. (the moon is surrounded by a thin black line)
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Actually this is a different version of the shot, where I tried a different processing approach. I see what your talking about. I will post the original shot in a bigger version, which is what I should of done in the first place. Oh well, live and learn :)

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Beautiful. Could you please tell us the exposure data and the lens you used?
BigMike said:
Went outside to lock my truck tonight, when I noticed these
beautiful clouds sailing over the bright moon. The colors were
incredible, so I grabbed my rebel and my tripod and took a couple
of shots. I exposed one for the clouds, and one for the moon. I
combined the two in PaintShop Pro, and increased the saturation for
effect. My daughter liked it, so I printed it out for her. I just
thought the clouds and the colors were pretty cool, and by boosting
the saturation a bit, and combining the two exposures of the same
scene, it gave it a unique look. Thanks!



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posts that may have been overlooked. Thanks!
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pixelcounter said:
Beautiful. Could you please tell us the exposure data and the lens
you used?
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Thanks, pixel. I will hunt them up and post them in a little while.

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Thanks for sharing. Good idea to combine two shots together to get the clouds and moon both properly exposed. A hard trick to perform correctly though -- I see a black halo around the moon in your larger image.

It look very artistic with the increased saturation, but I'd like to see what it looked like more subdued. A picture like this would even look good in B&W, although the effect would be different.
 
Now that is an improvement, Mike. Good picture, good crop. It seems like you do not need a smaller camera from now on :-)

Cheers!

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