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Archive 2008 · Moon, Jupiter, Venus December 1

  
 
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p.1 #1 · Moon, Jupiter, Venus December 1


I was on my way out of the airport when I saw the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus in harmony as the sun set. I've read about it in the news, but didn't expect to actually see this. Shot with my P&S Panasonic FX500 at 27mm, aperture 5.6, exposure of 8s, and ISO 100. Only after processing was a 50% reduction. Any critique would be appreciated.



I tried setting white balance using levels in Photoshop, but this is what I got. Any help in correcting the rough blue to black sky transition would be greatly appreciated. I think it has to do with my sampling of a grey car with the eyedropper tool.




Dec 31, 2008 at 11:15 AM
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p.1 #2 · Moon, Jupiter, Venus December 1


Thanks for the quick response paulhodson. You are right, I tried to white balance the first image and the second image is the result. I like the warmness of the first image, but the sky is too dim. I recall that the lower sky was a beautiful shade of blue as I took that photo, so I was trying to recreate that. After looking at your image (thanks a lot), I concluded that I don't really like the picture white balanced. I do like the sky though.

I googled ACR, and the links are pointing to Adobe Camera Raw. I am surprised you can use ACR with jpegs. Learn something every day. I'm going to get Lightroom and see what it can do. Thanks for the welcome!



Dec 31, 2008 at 12:30 PM
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p.1 #3 · Moon, Jupiter, Venus December 1


In CS4 you can use "Open as" from the file menu and then select "Camera Raw" from the drop down list of file types.


Dec 31, 2008 at 12:34 PM





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