Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 7, 2008, at 10:38 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > it is slightly better with Geoff's suggestion, but I still find it > "artificial". I understand what you are trying to do, Barney, but > then I second Philippe's suggestion that you need to get into > Photoshop in a bigger way and work some more at it. > > Or...just conclude that in this case the image as you perceived it > simply does not translate well into a photograph and move on. That > is what I would do, since I do not do this kind of Photoshop > manipulation as a matter of principle (which is a convenient > principle since I am too lazy to learn how to do it anyway ;-)) better, thanks to Hops... but I'd wait for the right night, and take a real photo... Steve > > > Nathan > > On 7-feb-2008, at 3:24, Bernard Quinn wrote: > >> >> Moon rise on the Blackwater river in the late autumn and early >> winter after the Harvest moon is, for me, a stunning and mystical >> experience. The full moon is rising over the pine trees. You can >> smell the water. The Sun is setting over your right shoulder. >> Thousands of Geese are flying around honking at the top of their >> lungs looking for dinner and a place to spend the night. It's cold >> and windy.Things are happening very quickly. It's exciting and it's >> all over in ten minutes. I have always wanted to make a picture to >> share this experience. Here is the evolution of the Blackwater >> Moonrise I posted on Sunday. >> >> >> If you just point a camera at the moon rise it looks like this. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Moon_1.jpg.html >> >> If you wait a few minutes it looks like this. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Moon_2.jpg.html >> >> The first doesn't rise to the level of a snapshot and the second >> doesn't exactly say what I wanted. So, I took this image....... >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Base_1.jpg.html >> >> And this image........ >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Base_2.jpg.html >> >> To the lab which does my printing for me and had them combine them. >> This was the result. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Original.jpg.html >> >> I didn't think that the colors looked natural. Could it have been >> fixed in photoshop? Don't know. I desaturated the image, cropped >> it, and posted it starting the pasted moon thing. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Blackwater_Moonrise.jpg.html >> >> Geoff Hoplinson made a few suggestions. I took his advice about >> changing the moon. Here is the result. >> >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Blackwater_Moonrise_2.jpg.html >> >> There you have it. Those are all the pieces. Comments and ideas >> welcome. >> >> Barney >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information