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Published: 2011-04-15 21:45:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 532; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 0
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Got a new camera earlier in the week then made a trip down to Florida to test it out.Was just playing around having some fun with the camera, hooked up my 55-250 lens and aimed upwards.
This is a 2 shot composite, one image metered for the clouds and the other for the moon, layered in photoshop, slight levels adjustment for colors.
Enjoy!
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Good work on combining the two exposures. Another approach is to use some of the HDR freeware out there (e.g. Picturenaut, FDRTools) to combine the exposures into a high dynamic range image; that might produce a somewhat more natural composite (not that there's anything wrong with this one, mind you).
I love the feel of this with the moonlit clouds. The subtle colours in the clouds really add to it, too.
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Thanks so much for the detailed reply.
I use HDR software often in my work and for this shot I really couldnt. Since I handheld these, the exposures and composition were quite different for each so having a program do it for me wasnt really an option.
I tried to make it more natural but something always seemed a bit off, so the mask I used for the layers ended up darkening the outline around the moon, which at the time I thought was the best compromise.
Anywho, thanks again for the comment!
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Ah, makes sense. It's still a terrific image 
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Heh, yea the processing I did on the shot gave it a very interesting look, thanks for the comment!
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