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BruceS · 2 November 2006, 05:00 AM

Nov 1

Enlarged 100%
Cheers,
Bruce

2 November 2006, 05:47 AM

Absolootlyfeckingawesome!!!!

Bruce, the pink caste on the moon is amazing!

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 05:49 AM

Thanks John! I was beginning to wonder if anyone was going to notice this shot

2 November 2006, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BruceS

Thanks John! I was beginning to wonder if anyone was going to notice this shot

That's right out of the camera? No photoshopping?

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 05:57 AM

I shot it in raw after taking a hand held spot meter reading. It turned out to be about two stops over exposed, so I reduced the exposure just a hair over two stops in Rawshooter. Then I just sharpened it a bit, and maybe too much, lol.
That's about it!

2 November 2006, 05:58 AM

Beautiful!

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 06:15 AM

Thanks very much John! :)

roadcarver · 2 November 2006, 06:36 AM

Hooooly molly! That is an AWESOME moonshot!

What's with the pink highlights?

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 06:47 AM

Thanks Roadcarver! I dunno about the pink tint. I assume it's reflected light.
Cheers,
Bruce

C.J. · 2 November 2006, 07:36 AM

That's excellent, pal

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 07:48 AM

Thanks CJ!

Otis · 2 November 2006, 07:49 AM

I wish I was there... just gorgeous! Nice one bruce!

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 08:09 AM

Thank you Otis!

seros · 2 November 2006, 08:51 AM

Very nice
Congra again

mailman · 2 November 2006, 09:01 AM

Bruce, thank you for posting such beautiful pics

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 09:21 AM

Thanks Mailman and Seros!

Rockrolex · 2 November 2006, 11:47 AM

Beautiful shot, Bruce. I thought I'd comment on this one before going back to the Nov. 1 shots. All very nice. You're getting good, my man.

Now that you're going to be a house husband, you'll have plenty of time to practice, between doing the laundry, making the beds, feeding Josh. Yep, you'll have plenty of time.

2 November 2006, 11:49 AM

Hey I'd be a house husband in a heartbeat... considerign that I do most of the housework anyways... I'd have my days off! ;~)

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 12:17 PM

Yeah I better get good at the writing part. Josh is in my lap right now, being a royal pain in the arse at 0215!! I'm not good at writing one handed and I sure as hell can't go out takin' pics this way. I guess I'll pay my dues as the mum for a while

I'm really surprised everyone has liked those sky shots so much. Man, I just walked outside, pointed my camera at the sky and pressed the shutter button. Those kind of shots are soooooooo easy to get because all you have to do is expose the sky. Getting detail in the foreground AND getting the sky exposed correctly is much harder. That requires filters or blending. Anyway, I wasn't after anything technical. Just wanted to share how pretty the sky was this evening

Thanks everyone. I really do appreciate the comments.
Bruce

SLRdude · 2 November 2006, 12:58 PM

Well... you were asking about the pink... this is my take on that.

I am not an expert by no means, but after studying the three images I am willing to bet that the pink must be caused by some sort of filter on your camera. Either an optical one on your lens, or a digital one in your camera.I say that because t is the same shade of pink in all images and it appears mainly in areas that photoshop deems "over exposed".

I found that (at least for me) the best moon shots are taken at ISO 200, Shutter priority, exposure anywhere between 1/600 and 1/1200 of a second.
If you think about it, the moon is very very bright and very easy to over expose.

Here are a couple of moon shots of mine taken using the method above.

All I did there was desaturate the image and add my sig and borders.
This is how it looks like straight from the cam. (original colours, shot the way I described above)

The shot below was slightly over exposed, and I used an in camera option to make colours more vivid. Pink is popping out all over.

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 03:03 PM

No filters Chip, and I don't think it's digital either. What I do think is that I should've used the sunny F16 rule. A bright moon on a clear night is like shooting on the brightest sunny day.

I try to shoot digital as if I was using film. I really try to get it right the first time, or as close as one can get. Like I said, I had to reduce the exposure in the raw conversion software. Out of the camera it was total shite. So with film, I would've had a wasted frame. That's the beauty of digital I suppose. Not photochopped, but I dicked with the raw data, and the botched exposure.

It's kinda like a watch pic that has reflections all over that you can fix in photoshop. Is it a good pic? Well, out of the camera it's shit, but once it's been massaged it's fantastic. Is that good or bad? That's just the modern darkroom.
Cheers,
Bruce

JJ Irani · 2 November 2006, 04:12 PM

Great shot, Bruce...but are there any sheep on the moon?

JJ Irani · 2 November 2006, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Otis

I wish I was there... just gorgeous! Nice one bruce!

Now why on earth do you want to be on the moon?

SLRdude · 2 November 2006, 04:39 PM

After tinkering with the pic a while longer, I came to the same conclusion. It was just overexposed.

No biggie! It looked good anyway! I was able to fix it further by desaturating it then creating a copy of it as another layer, set the type to multiply, then adding a layer mask to remove the areas that were not over exposed. Looked like new!!

PS is "magic"!!

Really... tryi shooting with my setting. It works every time mate!

Quote:

Originally Posted by BruceS

No filters Chip, and I don't think it's digital either. What I do think is that I should've used the sunny F16 rule. A bright moon on a clear night is like shooting on the brightest sunny day.

I try to shoot digital as if I was using film. I really try to get it right the first time, or as close as one can get. Like I said, I had to reduce the exposure in the raw conversion software. Out of the camera it was total shite. So with film, I would've had a wasted frame. That's the beauty of digital I suppose. Not photochopped, but I dicked with the raw data, and the botched exposure.

It's kinda like a watch pic that has reflections all over that you can fix in photoshop. Is it a good pic? Well, out of the camera it's shit, but once it's been massaged it's fantastic. Is that good or bad? That's just the modern darkroom.
Cheers,
Bruce

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 08:42 PM

I'll give it a go Chip!

Uncle-AJ · 2 November 2006, 09:26 PM

Maybe the moon is made of pink cheese.

Well that's my take on it. I must try a few shots myself if I ever get a clear night away from the lights. Good work guys.

BruceS · 2 November 2006, 10:24 PM

Thanks Adrian. I think maybe you're right about the pink cheese

2 November 2006, 05:00 AM	#1
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	The Moon Nov 1 Enlarged 100% Cheers, Bruce

2 November 2006, 06:36 AM	#8
roadcarver "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Real Name: Vernon Location: C-a-n-a-d-a Watch: 16600 Posts: 5,641	Hooooly molly! That is an AWESOME moonshot! What's with the pink highlights? __________________ I'm just a cook...

2 November 2006, 07:36 AM	#10
C.J. "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: * Posts: 10,196	That's excellent, pal __________________ Me? I'm still looking for Kokomo. I just hope that damn golfer isn't there

2 November 2006, 07:49 AM	#12
Otis "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2006 Real Name: Urs Location: QLD AU Watch: Omega x 2 Posts: 2,046	I wish I was there... just gorgeous! Nice one bruce! __________________ Rock the Casbah!

2 November 2006, 09:01 AM	#15
mailman TRF Moderator & SubLV41 2024 Patron Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: . Watch: 126610LN Posts: 35,510	Bruce, thank you for posting such beautiful pics __________________ JJ

2 November 2006, 05:47 AM	#2
Atomic Guest Posts: n/a	Absolootlyfeckingawesome!!!! Bruce, the pink caste on the moon is amazing!

2 November 2006, 05:49 AM	#3
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Thanks John! I was beginning to wonder if anyone was going to notice this shot

2 November 2006, 05:57 AM	#5
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	I shot it in raw after taking a hand held spot meter reading. It turned out to be about two stops over exposed, so I reduced the exposure just a hair over two stops in Rawshooter. Then I just sharpened it a bit, and maybe too much, lol. That's about it!

2 November 2006, 05:58 AM	#6
Atomic Guest Posts: n/a	Beautiful!

2 November 2006, 06:15 AM	#7
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Thanks very much John! :)

2 November 2006, 06:47 AM	#9
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Thanks Roadcarver! I dunno about the pink tint. I assume it's reflected light. Cheers, Bruce

2 November 2006, 07:48 AM	#11
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Thanks CJ!

2 November 2006, 08:09 AM	#13
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Thank you Otis!

2 November 2006, 08:51 AM	#14
seros "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Spain Posts: 108	Very nice Congra again

2 November 2006, 09:21 AM	#16
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Thanks Mailman and Seros!

2 November 2006, 11:47 AM	#17
Rockrolex TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: God Location: Washington, D.C. Watch: What do you think? Posts: 37,966	Beautiful shot, Bruce. I thought I'd comment on this one before going back to the Nov. 1 shots. All very nice. You're getting good, my man. Now that you're going to be a house husband, you'll have plenty of time to practice, between doing the laundry, making the beds, feeding Josh. Yep, you'll have plenty of time. __________________ Despite the high cost of living, it's still very popular. *Tosser Cabinet Member* Official Member: 'Perpetual 30' Vegas International GTG 2016 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2017 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2018 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2019

2 November 2006, 11:49 AM	#18
Atomic Guest Posts: n/a	Hey I'd be a house husband in a heartbeat... considerign that I do most of the housework anyways... I'd have my days off! ;~)

2 November 2006, 12:17 PM	#19
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Yeah I better get good at the writing part. Josh is in my lap right now, being a royal pain in the arse at 0215!! I'm not good at writing one handed and I sure as hell can't go out takin' pics this way. I guess I'll pay my dues as the mum for a while I'm really surprised everyone has liked those sky shots so much. Man, I just walked outside, pointed my camera at the sky and pressed the shutter button. Those kind of shots are soooooooo easy to get because all you have to do is expose the sky. Getting detail in the foreground AND getting the sky exposed correctly is much harder. That requires filters or blending. Anyway, I wasn't after anything technical. Just wanted to share how pretty the sky was this evening Thanks everyone. I really do appreciate the comments. Bruce

2 November 2006, 12:58 PM	#20
SLRdude "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Chip Location: Dallas TX Posts: 6,194	Well... you were asking about the pink... this is my take on that. I am not an expert by no means, but after studying the three images I am willing to bet that the pink must be caused by some sort of filter on your camera. Either an optical one on your lens, or a digital one in your camera.I say that because t is the same shade of pink in all images and it appears mainly in areas that photoshop deems "over exposed". I found that (at least for me) the best moon shots are taken at ISO 200, Shutter priority, exposure anywhere between 1/600 and 1/1200 of a second. If you think about it, the moon is very very bright and very easy to over expose. Here are a couple of moon shots of mine taken using the method above. All I did there was desaturate the image and add my sig and borders. This is how it looks like straight from the cam. (original colours, shot the way I described above) The shot below was slightly over exposed, and I used an in camera option to make colours more vivid. Pink is popping out all over. __________________ Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try. Yoda, Jedi Master CHIP Member # 87

2 November 2006, 03:03 PM	#21
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	No filters Chip, and I don't think it's digital either. What I do think is that I should've used the sunny F16 rule. A bright moon on a clear night is like shooting on the brightest sunny day. I try to shoot digital as if I was using film. I really try to get it right the first time, or as close as one can get. Like I said, I had to reduce the exposure in the raw conversion software. Out of the camera it was total shite. So with film, I would've had a wasted frame. That's the beauty of digital I suppose. Not photochopped, but I dicked with the raw data, and the botched exposure. It's kinda like a watch pic that has reflections all over that you can fix in photoshop. Is it a good pic? Well, out of the camera it's shit, but once it's been massaged it's fantastic. Is that good or bad? That's just the modern darkroom. Cheers, Bruce

2 November 2006, 04:12 PM	#22
JJ Irani Fondly Remembered Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: JJ Location: Auckland, NZ Watch: ALL SOLD!! Posts: 74,319	Great shot, Bruce...but are there any sheep on the moon? __________________ Words fail me in expressing my utmost thanks to ALL of you for this wonderful support during my hour of need!! I firmly believe that my time on planet earth is NOT yet up!! I shall fight this to the very end.......and WIN!!

2 November 2006, 08:42 PM	#25
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	I'll give it a go Chip!

2 November 2006, 09:26 PM	#26
Uncle-AJ "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Real Name: Adrian Location: Bolton, UK. Watch: Daytona 116520 Posts: 6,844	Maybe the moon is made of pink cheese. Well that's my take on it. I must try a few shots myself if I ever get a clear night away from the lights. Good work guys. __________________ A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.........Segal's Law Member #10

2 November 2006, 10:24 PM	#27
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Thanks Adrian. I think maybe you're right about the pink cheese

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