Moonburst.. a bit of night photography.

[Rebel]

Took this last night, its of a chimney from an old victorian iron works. (I have posted an image of it before)

Processed on my laptop so, colours could be a bit out.



Here is my edit:

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[James G]

Mat, excellent capture, I think when you get it onto the big screen you might darken it a bit, for more drama and to emphasis the stars. (Orion is very clear.)

Wish I'd taken it myself.....

What were your capture settings?

[Rebel]

Mat, excellent capture, I think when you get it onto the big screen you might darken it a bit, for more drama and to emphasis the stars. (Orion is very clear.)

Wish I'd taken it myself.....

What were your capture settings?

Thanks James, I'll have a look on the big screen when I get home

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Matt,

I like this; the elements that really work for me are;

the light glancing off the chimney side face revealing the texture
the triplet of red toned things pointing upwards; chimney, trees on left and right
the position of the moon in composition
the clouds and stars

The only thing that I'd change, if it were mine; is the green coloured flare spot in top right corner, for me - the colour doesn't suit the rest of the image. I don't think it would worry me if it weren't that colour.

Hope that's helpful, Dave

PS James

What were your capture settings?

EXIF shows: Nikon D7100 with 18-105mm lens at 18mm. 20 seconds, ISO 1600 at f/10, processed in LR6.1

[rachel]

I really like this. When I looked at it earlier I didn't notice the stars and I liked it even then. It's beautiful.

[bnnrcn]

I was actually expecting a landscape image taken at night as I have got used to seeing lovely scenes in your threads but this one look very interesting Matt I think the color of the chimney created reflections on the trees and that's why the trees have such interesting colors. I agree with Dave about the flare and I think the image will look very nice after fixing it.

BTW , living in heaven, getting up very early because of shooting, going to bed very late because of shooting. You have a very hard life

[Rebel]

I was actually expecting a landscape image taken at night as I have got used to seeing lovely scenes in your threads but this one look very interesting Matt I think the color of the chimney created reflections on the trees and that's why the trees have such interesting colors. I agree with Dave about the flare and I think the image will look very nice after fixing it.

BTW , living in heaven, getting up very early because of shooting, going to bed very late because of shooting. You have a very hard life

Thanks Binnur,

I have just put an edit up, I am struggling with trying to remove that green flare... I have tried to mask it with a vignette.

[bnnrcn]

The edit looks better Matt The green flare is less visible but it still shows. Maybe cloning or spot healing that area before applying the vignette works better

[Rebel]

The edit looks better Matt The green flare is less visible but it still shows. Maybe cloning or spot healing that area before applying the vignette works better

Any Better, my eyes have stopped working

[James G]

Matt, the deeper blue of the sky works for me. Beautiful !

[Rebel]

Matt, the deeper blue of the sky works for me. Beautiful !

Cheers James

[bnnrcn]

The last one is the best Matt

[GBO25]

Another fabulous shot Matt. I agreed with Dave about the green flare in the upper right and your extra editing has just continued to improve the shot.

[selig1656]

The progression in your editing is showing off your creative skills at work , well done on a terrific capture.

[Rebel]

Thanks all

[aee]

Hi I am new to the forum so I am not 100% sure what I am doing so sorry if I am at the wrong forum section. My question is whats the general settings for moon shots I have a sony hx300 bridge camera and new to the hobby. Thanks

[bnnrcn]

I have found this old thread for you How to photograph the moon, I hope it helps . If you use the search engine you might find some more threads about shooting moon

Hi I am new to the forum so I am not 100% sure what I am doing so sorry if I am at the wrong forum section. My question is whats the general settings for moon shots I have a sony hx300 bridge camera and new to the hobby. Thanks

[NorthernFocus]

A bit of a step out there for you, Matt. Not my sort of thing so no nitnoid comments from me. But overall an interesting, well composed image. You are officially on my "must click" list on CIC

[aee]

Thanks for ghe reply will take your advise onboard