This is a very long overdue revision of an image I captured 8 years ago. Some nice lighting conditions on the Oregon Coast. Not only that, but the moon was in the scene (you may have to look carefully)!
Canon 1DS Mark2
Canon 16-35L
16mm
f/11
100 ISO
1/15th
Two shots.
The moon (and its reflection) was in the scene at the location you see it here, but of course the 16mm focal length reduced it to a unnaturally small speck. To make it look more like the eye saw, I cloned the moon and its reflection out and then with another image shot (immediately after this one) at 50mm, I carefully cloned them back in. Most work was done in Camera Raw. Fine tuning was done in Photoshop CC 2014.
Blending for Dynamic Range was easily accomplished by using my unique Layer Style "Blend If" method. Thus avoiding the problem areas (8 bit selections) of popular Luminosity Masks and the Posterization / Banding they can cause.
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Fantastic composition here Mark...This months' "Outdoor Photograpy" is having a great contest and your images here, rival or best and I have seen. Enter it...Klaus has won a few in the photo mags..your next!!
Your capture of the 2 day waxing crescent phase of the moon "nails" the shot
Partick
Nice image Mark! Love how the clouds in the sky and reflection lead behind the hill, as if there is something back there. Normally not a fan of shopping in a moon, but it was tastefully done here IMO, looking much better than the speck it would have been at 16mm.
As for luminosity masks, I realize that all selections in PS are 8-bit, but has anyone had any practical experience of this causing banding? I use the masks like they're going out of style to dodge and burn my 16-bit black and white scans with no ill effects...and I pixel peep them like nobody's business.
I looked at the image and was wondering about the relative size of the crescent. Then saw the accompanying text. Good thinking. Love the image. The warm glow from the right side contrast the cool blue of the sky on the left.
Alan Brock wrote:
Nice image Mark! Love how the clouds in the sky and reflection lead behind the hill, as if there is something back there. Normally not a fan of shopping in a moon, but it was tastefully done here IMO, looking much better than the speck it would have been at 16mm.
As for luminosity masks, I realize that all selections in PS are 8-bit, but has anyone had any practical experience of this causing banding? I use the masks like they're going out of style to dodge and burn my 16-bit black and white scans with no ill effects...and I pixel peep them like nobody's business....Show more →
Thank you very much Alan.
Yes, I have had posterization in some of my older enlargements. It really blew my mind because I was working in 16 bit meticulously. Thus I inquired via Jeff Schewe (Adobe) years ago. He is the one who made me aware. As I weaned off of some of my "Live Selection" workflow / masking habits, the posterization ceased. I am currently doing more intensive research on the subject. Once all my questions are completely satisfied I may produce a video tutorial on the subject.
PatrickDixon10 wrote:
Fantastic composition here Mark...This months' "Outdoor Photograpy" is having a great contest and your images here, rival or best and I have seen. Enter it...Klaus has won a few in the photo mags..your next!!
Your capture of the 2 day waxing crescent phase of the moon "nails" the shot
Partick
