Moonlight on the Hills

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 11, 20153,283 views7 comments

The moon was 97% full and up just high enough to loose the red color from atmospheric diffraction. There were some very light clouds in front of the moon. Just enough to defuse the light some, but not enough to block the brightness. Thanks for your comments and critiques.

Canon 7D
Sigma 10-20
Manual
Shutter 20 sec
Aperture f4
ISO 1250
11mm
Tripod and remote release

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Tom Falley on March 11, 2015 at 6:14 PM

Well balanced tome and exposure wise, these volcanic plugs are always an exciting disturbance in the landscape!

Regards: Tom

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on March 11, 2015 at 7:23 PM

Very nice nightscape. I personally like them much more when they're illuminated by the moon that the artificial lights. I also like that you didn't try to include one of those milky way images. Those are fine but shot too often IMO. It would be interesting to see what this looks like with the sky darkened down more but the number of stars retained. I suspect that they would stand out more.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 11, 2015 at 7:44 PM

Nice sky and almost too balanced for my taste. A little tension with not so centered format maybe, maybe.

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on March 11, 2015 at 10:26 PM

This looks really nice Richard. The exposure feels natural and looks like how night should feel to my eye. I very much Like how the moon illuminates the rocky fg, ad the how the cool tones in the night sky play with the warmer illumination.

Very nice work

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on March 12, 2015 at 12:21 PM

This looks really nice Richard! The foreground has the right amount of luminance for a convincing night photo.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on March 12, 2015 at 12:29 PM

Remarkable image! I have no comments regarding change, I like it as it is. IMHO you have a skill in bringing out the landscape of the area. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on March 15, 2015 at 2:49 PM

Like the composition. The centering of the monolith adds to the strength. Great moonlight and night sky.

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