Moon shadow

[Justan]

Thanks for havin' a look.

[AgingEyes]

Is this a composite? A HDR? A one-exposure shot?

[armando_m]

Impressive shot, nice colors and very sharp

Wish the moon was above the buildings

and also curious how you did it

[GB1]

Overall, it strongly looks like a creation, but perhaps that's the idea. I think the moon should be against a darker background sky, so to stand out better. The concept is OK, but feel that it would work even better if the city was futuristic, e.g., with curvy buildings a 'cars' flying above the street. Hmm.

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[hminx]

Composite but impossible situation as you have a full moon but the sun is setting / rising behind it. Light and shadow positions are critical for a composite to be creditable. Also the right side of the moon looks a little rough. Aren't they such a lot of fun to do though ....

[Justan]

Thanks for the feedback.

The image was made as a digital stitch and then enhanced. There were 13 exposures. The moon was actually further to the right than is shown in the first image (above).

The ambient lighting is a little difficult to describe briefly, but in summary light reflected by the building windows was due to a lack of cloud cover to the north.

The comment hminx made pointed out that logically the moon should appear to reflect the same light that the buildings do, and this is a brilliant case of pointing out the obvious. Thank you! Even though it does not accurately fit what was there, it works in a way that the mind will more readily accept what seen.

Due to this comment I relocated the moon, and also evened out the edges on the right side of the moon.

Elsewhere some commented that the moon is too big, which obviously it is, but I’m after a surreal look and the moon is the vehicle to achieve the goal.

The original composition is about 72 by 24 inches and below is the 2nd edition resulting from the comment.

BTW, I can only see the images presented as this one above when I’m not logged in. When I’m logged in, I see the link, and have to click on it to see the image. Is there a setting in the user CP that can be toggled for this?

[hminx]

The composition seems to have a better balance now as well.

[Alexandre da Veiga]

The skyline looks very nice and I like the colours.
I just find the light pole(in the middle) and the road going to nowhere very distracting.

[Justan]

>The composition seems to have a better balance now as well.

Not sure if I agree but the moon is in-line with the overall directionality of the image.

>I just find the light pole(in the middle) and the road going to nowhere very distracting.

I briefly thought about pulling the light pole. I also thought about removing the illuminated sineage, but decided to keep the lights and most of the signs.

[daq7]

Nice work. The second is definitely better. Looks a lot more real.

[Justan]

^Thanks!^

I took the recommendation of Alexandre da Veiga, above, (thanks!) and decided to pull the foreground pole.

Next week I’m going to remove the first 2 study prints in the group (above) and will replace with the one below, which is or is very near to the final edition.