I was shown this photo today. Reportedly a single image taken under moonlight. What do you reckon? I haven't been able to quizz the photographer as yet but am told he "has all the good gear".
Star trails look like maybe only the order of minutes of exposure. Trees and grass show no evidence of movement (no wind?). Shadow edge (moonlight) is very sharp - I would have expected some blurring from movement of the light source relative to the rocks.
Has anyone obtained such well-lit shots using moonlight?
1. shadows have no time blur,
2. grass and leaves have no time blur,
3. it was windy during the foreground shot,
4. Shadows are being cast from the South East.
It's a composite.
Our company, being in advertising, edits a lot of images professionally & my bet is that this is relatively undoctored. Given good ambient light on a moonlit night, a couple of minutes yeilds a lot of light. I don't see why you'd need to alter a shot to get this result. Progress of shadows over the rocks will only move millimeters in this time, so I doubt that you'd see any blurring of the transition line. Has anyone heard of a serious photographer waiting for a still night? It happens you know..... The grasses may be bending over - but that exact same grass surrounds our place in Cooma - which is probably somewhere near where this shot was taken. The mountain grass is like this - even without a wind blowing to bend it over.
The grasses may be bending over - but that exact same grass surrounds our place in Cooma - which is probably somewhere near where this shot was taken. The mountain grass is like this - even without a wind blowing to bend it over.
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