Moonrise Symphony

Well woah. That's a freakin sweet scene. Looks like some obvious noise in the bottom sand from recovering the dark areas. Light from the rising moon is awesome and the comp is sick.

aF

Wow! Simply awesome.

Very cool, love the colors and streaking clouds overhead. Excellent work.

Impressive. Looks and feels like a sunset.

Awesome, Kah! I love the color, lighitng, and the formations.

I agree, this is Awesome. So fun to look at.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, Wi

The clouds and the sheen on the wet sand really do it for me here Kah! And as always, great composition.

The exposure seems too bright to really register as a night shot until I notice the stars, although I can see the need to retain detail in the rock. I might like a bit more water here, as I thought it was all sand initially. I wonder why more blue wasn't reflected there...probably the light from the moon. I know what you mean about keeping the moon in check. I've done four or five moon/stars shots this year and it's always required a time-consuming blend if the moon was full or close to it, and visible throughout. This is creative and well-processed in any case, but I'm a little undecided about looking right into the shadows when everything of interest to me is in the water, sky and light here. I think it still works though, given the situation and limitations.

Hi Kah
I really like the "crowned" rock and the star trails. It's a wonderful composition and the light is great.

Beautiful shot, love the radiating clouds!

Fantastic surreal shot
The colors and feel are amazing as well as the streaking clouds. I could stare at this one till I am late for work.

Sorry for the rookie question, but how do you get more than a 30 second exposure from the MkII?

Very cool shot! I didn't even realize this was a night shot at first...that makes it that much more interesting.

Richard, you can set the camera to "Bulb" and then use a remote cord to get exposures as long as you want.

Spectacular Image!

Splendid Kah Kit. I might have guessed sunrise, but never moonrise! This is really sweet.

Richard, as mentioned above you need a cable release and the camera set to bulb for exposures longer that 60 seconds.

Marc, I agree with most of your points. Especially about the shadow, however at least it is soft unlike the exposure immediately after when it become much harder as the moon became brighter. I might try lightening this area more in any case. The reason for the lack of blue reflected from the sky was that the golden light on the cliffs was reflected instead. However, I prefer the tide being out rather than more water as it allowed a clearer reflection of the cliffs which also seem to be surreally 'floating on glass.'

Oh...this is fantastic! Very well implemented and great colors.

I see the comments about being too bright for the night shot..but I think the shot work just fine as is.

-Jay

this is a impressive capture, imho. even more impressive gathering all this in a single exposure. great work, Kah!!!

Kah Kit,

This is fantastic! Certainly a unique location and an even more impressive crafting of this image. I love everything about this image; right down to the shadow detail where it just looks as if this is how my eye would see the detail in the rocks - a little dark as it's obviously in shadow, but enough detail that we know is visible. Of course my eye wouldn't "see" the star trails, but that is really the only hint that we have of night.

The scale is impressive too, but really one wouldn't have a clue unless you have the image of Winnie accompanying this one... :-)

I think one of your most recent best.

Lon

Excellent

Kak, this is great, love the colors and reflections.

WOW, that is one stunning comp... the shape of the streaking clouds adds a lot to the dynamic here imo since it mirrors the shape of the rock's shadow... love it

special, looks like a sunset, great clouds. like the composition and the details in the shadows. 7 min is really long. I´m always having problems during such a long exposure time with the sharpness maybe its caused by the moving shadows I dont know.

Masterful! A very cutting-edge comp, bold and engaging. IMO, one of your best for sure.

For my taste, this is excellent!

I love the surreal simple straightforwardness. Has good balance too. Movement in the sky with the star trails makes it celestial.

I would do a touch of dodging on the dark hill area on the left, as well as a touch of chrominance noise reduction on the closest foreground (at least I can see it on my monitor).

But aside from that, a HOME RUN all the way!

Mark

I love it, wouldn't change a thing!

This has a very dream-like quality to it, looks as if it was captured on a far away planet. Pretty cool.

I think it's quite fantastic Kah Kit. I reckon this might have been a tad tricky with film. A seriously fascinating almost fantasy world you have conjured from reality.

Beautiful. It has a very surreal, painterly look to it.

Beautiful and magical.

Magically stunning. Cool what you can do in the after hours.
Great job and vision

This is bold, and to me, very impressive!! I don't even notice any of the little nits people are mentioning. It did take me a minute to realize the light sopurce was the moon. Very cool!

Chris

This is fantastic. Love it.

Amazing! I didn't think this was moonlight at first. The clouds coming out of the bright sky are fantastic. I see the points about the dark portion of the foreground. I do think it works-adds mystery.

The boulder in the center covering the moon creates so much mystery and balances the composition so nicely. Amazing shot!

Wow, this is awesome! Very graphic presentation, almost otherworldly and surreal which are my favorite kind of images! The moon shadow is fantastic and there is just the right amount of cloud movement and illumination of the scene. A very unique and beautifully crafted image.

WOW! This rocks.

Wonderful. The stars and the moving clouds are incredible.

D&L

Great play of shadow and light Kah Kit, that's what really sets this off for me.

Extraordinary shot. Briliantly conceived and captured.

You caught some fantastic light here Kah! Very painterly as well.