Moonset Sunrise

[AlanLichty]

Setting moon right at the end of blue hour and just before sunrise near Brookings, Oregon.

I apparently forgot to put in an order the right set of clouds for the occasion so ended up with a few thin ones at the horizon instead of thick colorful ones strategically parting to show off the moonset

Moonset Sunrise

• AlanLichty
• Dec 1, 2018

A setting moon right before sunrise along the southern Oregon coast near Brookings.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Hello Alan, I think a longer lens might have helped. Make the moon larger and the foreground less.

 

[AlanLichty]

Hello Alan, I think a longer lens might have helped. Make the moon larger and the foreground less.

It seemed bigger when I grabbed my camera and ran down to the beach - without my lens belt

 

[Mike Lewis]

The moon size works OK for me, and I like the expansiveness of the beach scene, so speaking just for myself would not wish to shoot this with a larger lens just to get a more prominent moon.

I however would have been tempted to do 2 exposures, one for the moon (shorter) and one for the rest of the scene just like you have here, and then combine them. That would give the moon a touch of detail. It is not what the camera is able to capture in a single frame, but it is what our dynamically changing eye captures when we look up and focus on the moon in the scene. I HATE those shots where someone has combined 2 exposures and RESIZED the moon to some artificially large size, but tweaking its exposure actually makes for a more realistic overall image IMHO.

Beyond that, this is another of your wonderfully captured captivating beach shots - which is to say, I love it

EDIT _ To be fair too, at this scale I cannot completely tell if you might already have a little moon detail. So perhaps if so, then a little closer shot might be in order. OK, how's that for invalidating me entire previous post But the general comment of making sure you get some moon detail stiff stands I guess.

ML

 

[AlanLichty]

The moon size works OK for me, and I like the expansiveness of the beach scene, so speaking just for myself would not wish to shoot this with a larger lens just to get a more prominent moon.

I however would have been tempted to do 2 exposures, one for the moon (shorter) and one for the rest of the scene just like you have here, and then combine them. That would give the moon a touch of detail. It is not what the camera is able to capture in a single frame, but it is what our dynamically changing eye captures when we look up and focus on the moon in the scene. I HATE those shots where someone has combined 2 exposures and RESIZED the moon to some artificially large size, but tweaking its exposure actually makes for a more realistic overall image IMHO.

Beyond that, this is another of your wonderfully captured captivating beach shots - which is to say, I love it

EDIT _ To be fair too, at this scale I cannot completely tell if you might already have a little moon detail. So perhaps if so, then a little closer shot might be in order. OK, how's that for invalidating me entire previous post But the general comment of making sure you get some moon detail stiff stands I guess.

ML

Thanks.

You made me look to see what detail I actually did have (I honestly hadn't before). Looks like enough for a Peter Lik style monster moon hack job

Not a type of edit I normally engage in at all.....

 

[Ben Egbert]

The detail is often there for big mp cameras, but impossible to see when downsized.