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Thanks Gerry for organising this one. Apparently a few hundred others also heard that the moon was going to be big. Honestly, I wasn't that impressed.

Also thanks Cath (and Rodney who suggested it) for lending me the x1.4 which was nice with the 70-200.

Here are a few for your C&C. I found it exceedingly hard to 'correct' the blown moon as I planned to do in some pics.











I've violated the 5 image rule just to squeeze in one more.

I really like images 2 and 4. Image 2 because the moon is clearly resolved and you have the iconic Opera House with the iconic moon, and image 4 because it is exquisitely lit and is a different take on a very overtaken image. Image 3, if the moon was similar to image 2 would also be an absolute winner.

Hi Suren I like #2 although I'm not sure yet about the moondrop hanging off the end of the sail - I've got some in my library of the moon partly peeking up above the top of the sail but was unsure about processing them.

#1 and 3 are just too nuclear - it might as well be a shot into the sun, you can't tell - this is where I had to bracket to try and salvage detail both in the moon itself and the environment (be that sky or the SOH) - it was dark esp after twilight so the EV difference was much too great (even 4 stops apart starting at -6EV was nowhere near enough - in hindsight I should have done images at -7 or -8EV plus 0EV and maybe something else inbetween to blend)

#4 is also nice but I'm not sure it warrants that much water at the bottom

#5 is a neat look - didn't you shoot this vertically?

Thanks for your comments.

ian.bertram wrote:Image 3, if the moon was similar to image 2 would also be an absolute winner.

Thanks Ian. Unfortunately I don't have nicely exposed version of that one without the moon being too nuclear. I might have a few brackets and think about how to salvage a couple of pictures.

Remorhaz wrote:#2 although I'm not sure yet about the moondrop hanging off the end of the sail - I've got some in my library of the moon partly peeking up above the top of the sail but was unsure about processing them.

Fair call. I was hoping that the 'step' would cause curiousity and make the eye linger longer at the intersection then to slowly follow to the right side of the image.

Remorhaz wrote:#1 and 3 are just too nuclear

Yeah, I found it really hard to adjust the moon without causing a halo and dark ring around it! Here is an attempt.


Sydney Opera House Moonrise May 2012-6607.jpg by http://www.flickr.com/people/surenj/, on Flickr

surenj wrote:Yeah, I found it really hard to adjust the moon without causing a halo and dark ring around it! Here is an attempt.

Thats better - can't see much of a dark ring, is that some sort of spotlight beam on the bottom left?

I am struggling to get excited about moon shots from that day, i think i have moon fatigue

I like the fourth one and agree it needs less water on teh bottom, it looks alot like one of Cath's images (and probably half of sydneys' as well) which i think was one of the better compositions from teh night (post moonrise anyway).

I like the last image, something different and the repeating patterns appeal to me.

In terms of the moon shots, you really need to HDR them to get any detail - for me i would rather just plonk a moon in the scene, thats about the same level of processing from my end. Reality does not factor in for me with the moon