Moon Rise-Mattamuskeet

Very pleasant image. Simple element-wise, but that big ol' moon is what really makes it.

Gorgeous on so many levels... those birds a little spooky! I would tone down the two brightest ones and clone out the ones behind the tree on the left which is distracting and visually confusing (especially on the smaller version). I bet a big print of this would look amazing.

Very cool, Wick! The big and reddish moon is beautiful, and the geese add so much to the scene!

Very well composed, I like how the angled line of trees draws your eye towards the moon. The birds adds some nice highlights to the image.

Wonderful exposure! Getting the moon right brought the rest of the tones in line with this very graphic image. Well done.

Beautiful capture Wick. Composed very nicely and just such a pleasure to view.

I like a lot the placement of the elements and the light. Very nice work.

Makes me want to shed my clothes, dive in deeply, and break the surface howling like a free man.....without alaming the geese, of course.

Gorgeous. The mood is just magic.

Dreamy scene

I really like the way you composed this. The color contrasts are wonderful. I see a couple of trees that would make great subjects on their own. Really nice one, Wick.

Great moon, really nice color and a nice graphic quality to this. Well done.

Beautiful colors and well composed. The reflection of the moon light gives added touch.

What's not to like?!! The diagonal of the treetops really highlights the moon as a focal point! And the two little trees complete the diagonal (and the framing effect) perfectly!

The moon's size seems well balanced with it's own reflection that really puts me in this great scene Wick.

I love it. I want to see the pano version. Enjoyed the trip.

Ryan

Beautiful moonlit scene Wick! I love the silhouettes and presence of the geese.

This has tons of mood. Really good image. Maybe you might have moved sligthly to the left to put the moon more between the trees? For the postprocessing, my two cents: try a more panoramic format, to focus the view on the interesting part of the image while excluding some "blank" sky and water, at the same time to reinforce the visual rythm of the vertical trees. The other suggestion is reducing a bit the "clarity" LR effect on the moon, if you know what I mean (there is a kind of halo around).
I tell you all this because with just a few minutes of work you have here a real winner I would hang on my wall! :) very well done Wick

The big reddish moon is awesome. Composed very nicely and beautiful colors.

Wick,

this is an absolutely beautiful and killer scene. What a wonderful capture of the rising moon and captured in a location where this just all fits together. Awesome!

Having said that, I'll go against the mainstream here and say that I find the geese somewhat distracting. Just after sunset and these guys are almost glowing white? almost unnatural to me. But then, of course I wasn't there. If anything, you might consider cloning the white parts out of the 2nd and 3rd tree from the left. I can't really make out that those are geese, let alone birds. The ones in the center are more obvious.

Anyway, just a differing point of view. I find the moonrise, reflection, colors and the line of trees to be spectacular.

Lon

very moody image, I like it!

Wick, very nice my friend! Had a great time with you and the other photogs on our workshop. Hope to see you again in the summer on Roan. BTW, those big white birds are tundra swans!

Wow, nice shot. The birds are a nice touch...maybe a tad bright?

Really unique and beautiful photograph Wick. Personally I think the swans really enhance the photo as they are. They look very unusual.

Had to look again! It's so beautiful! and, wow, you only put it up a few days ago, and it has had almost 350 views! This should be the pick of the week