like...wow...just wow

joshman (Josh) · #1 03-09-2007, 12:42 PM

i found this photo of the moon rising over the water on digg.com

a pretty darn awesome photo me thinks!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...1881310&size=o

iceman (Mike) · #2 03-09-2007, 01:12 PM

That's a composite/mockup. It's not a real image from a single exposure.

The water reflection was probably added in photoshop, as it looks like the stars are too.

It's nice as a piece of computer art but it's not "astrophotography" as such.

h0ughy (David) · #3 03-09-2007, 01:13 PM

mate if you believe that then you need some shock therapy. nice work of art though?

joshman (Josh) · #4 03-09-2007, 01:16 PM

shock therapy eh?...well i am an apprentice sparky...i suppose i could make a few 'mistakes' at work

i'm glad you guys are sane enough to point out my gullible moments...thanks

of course you realise that it shall now be a goal of mine to take photos of the moon rising over the water...right?

ving (David) · #5 03-09-2007, 01:16 PM

i digg it!

looks realy nice

...er, fake but really nice

Dennis · #6 03-09-2007, 01:18 PM

With the Moon on the horizon, the attached photo is what you might expect to see. Taken at Elanda Point in July 2007. Note the atmospheric induced reddening and the lack of crisp details.

Cheers

Dennis

[1ponders] (Paul) · #7 03-09-2007, 01:21 PM

Also the refractive "flattening" of the orb.

RB (Andrew) · #8 03-09-2007, 01:29 PM

Who needs Photoshop tricks when Dennis is around.

Beautiful shot Dennis.

Dennis · #9 03-09-2007, 01:29 PM

And this effort required Photoshop trickery (combining 2 photos via Layers), to expose the Moon correctly (1/60 sec at f5.6) and to expose for the reflection and foreground (0.3 secs at f5.6).

The second file is a collage of the moon rise.

Cheers

Dennis

h0ughy (David) · #10 03-09-2007, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshman

shock therapy eh?...well i am an apprentice sparky...i suppose i could make a few 'mistakes' at work

i'm glad you guys are sane enough to point out my gullible moments...thanks

of course you realise that it shall now be a goal of mine to take photos of the moon rising over the water...right?

it takes an inmate to pick out another

have done that previously and it doesnt look like that

[1ponders] (Paul) · #11 03-09-2007, 01:32 PM

Sorry Dennis but neither of those shots cut it anymore. After a pluto animation, you will have to go a long way to top that.

Aw, .... alright. they're absolute crackers.

h0ughy (David) · #12 03-09-2007, 01:33 PM

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ht=rising+moon look there for my shots

joshman (Josh) · #13 03-09-2007, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ht=rising+moon look there for my shots

hahaha, the moon went all gooey....

Geoff45 (Geoff) · #14 04-09-2007, 04:37 PM

Still pretty good photoshop work. I know my PS skills wouldn't be up to it. Does anyone know how to approach it?
Geoff