Kinda Surprised I dont't see any full moon pics

[Paul]

So Come on you guys and gals, were in the world are all the full moom shots this week?

Last day or 2 there has been a brilliant full moon in the morning and evening. I got home last night and saw this gorgeous full moon peaking in between the trees in my back yard so I rushed into the house to get the camera, set up the tripod, grabbed the remote switch, found hat and gloves, ran out side only to have the darn thing covered in clouds. Oh well maybe some one else got some shots off. I took some this morning on my way to work, but at -20 my fingers did not want tot take to many and don;t think they turned out that well handheld.

[finnbay]

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but at -20 my fingers did not want tot take to many

I actually thought about it, but the quote above tells it all!

[Fish Toys]

Yea I thought there would have been some pixs also. What a moon. Should be the same tonight.

[Steve Foss]

I thought about it for five seconds when I woke up about midnight. Then I rolled over and snuggled under the covers and forgot about it.

[3pronghook]

not quite full but...

notice how close Mars is,,,

[Dbl]

That first shot is great! It looks darn cold out there.

[finnbay]

Like that shot with the fish houses! I saw the planet and meant to check out which one it was. Thanks for sharing (and I hope you didn't freeze your fingers!).

[3pronghook]

it was -25! had to put the battery in my pocket for 20 minutes just to get the camera to cooperate. at 1:00 am caught this...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76827140@N00/2217166515/

[Dbl]

Nice fish!!!!!

[finnbay]

That's a nice one!

[mmeyer]

That's a great fish! That can't be a real fish house thought cuz I don't see a beer can pyramid! It must be on the other wall!

Just kidding to mask the fact that I am really jealous that I'm not holding that fish!

[Paul]

That is a great fish.

I looked through my moon pics from 2 nights ago and yesterday morning. here are 2 that are not too bad

[Steve Foss]

Paul, that first one is a total winner. Great comp and mood.

[finnbay]

I like the mood, effect, in the first one.

[Paul]

Thanks Guys and I was worried they sucked

I really wasn't all that happy with any of my results, but with the clouds and whatnot I guess I can not complain to much.

[Steve Foss]

Paul, some might nit about the first one being a little "soft," but I think that's what adds to the great mood. And I wouldn't crop it even a bit tighter. All that darkness frames the bright moon, and there's enough transition from bright to dark to carry it all off.

Did you shoot in RAW? If you did, you could use the blending technique described a couple months ago on this board, or if you have CS2 or newer, you can use the shadows/highlights feature under the drag-down menu for "image" to recover blown highlights in the moon.

A judicious bit of cloning would eliminate the power line, too, if that's something that falls within your ethics.

Really nice work!

[Paul]

I shot in raw, but I have never done that blending thing, I will have to do a little search for it and read your post again and try it. I have CS2 also so mabye I will play around and repost later on.

[mmeyer]

Paul, that first shot is really cool. Very dramatic!