Beautiful shot, Tom! The lighting is absolutely perfect. The tiny little road markers on either side distract me a bit (especially the one on the left) but overall it is a fantastic take on the WA. How did you expose this? I always have trouble getting a shot of the full moon that isn't blown out. Bravo!
Thanks, Endre. The short answer to your question is that you can't get a decent night shot without blowing out the moon. Just about every night shot you see of the moon is a double exposure. The same is true of this one.
To get a good exposure of the moon I shot it at 1/125th of a second at f/8 at ISO 100. This basic exposure never really changes no matter what the situation (it's how Ansel Adams calculated the exposure for "Moonrise over Hernandez" without a meter). The road was taken at 20 seconds at f/8. The image is still a bit of a bear in Photoshop because the long exposure of the moon blows it out and I have some problems with flare, which I have had to PhotoShop out. I am not the world's best artist with the cloning tool.
Yes, that is moonlight illuminating the road - there was just a hint of dawn behind me but 99% of the light is coming from the moon.
Actually, FM is Farm *to* Market Road, i.e. it's the road the farmers (ostensibly) use(d) to bring their goods to the marketplace. ;-) Got any other nits you need picked? :-P
Thanks for the great tip on the moon. I really appreciate it.
It looks vastly better without the rod markers. Wonderful!
All the best,
Endre
haymest wrote:
Thanks, Endre. The short answer to your question is that you can't get a decent night shot without blowing out the moon. Just about every night shot you see of the moon is a double exposure. The same is true of this one.
To get a good exposure of the moon I shot it at 1/125th of a second at f/8 at ISO 100. This basic exposure never really changes no matter what the situation (it's how Ansel Adams calculated the exposure for "Moonrise over Hernandez" without a meter). The road was taken at 20 seconds at f/8. The image is still a bit of a bear in Photoshop because the long exposure of the moon blows it out and I have some problems with flare, which I have had to PhotoShop out. I am not the world's best artist with the cloning tool.
Yes, that is moonlight illuminating the road - there was just a hint of dawn behind me but 99% of the light is coming from the moon.
Thanks for the suggestion about the road markers, Endre. I was torn between losing some of the vista suggested by the wider view and obvious distraction of the road markers. In the end, you tipped me toward the crop and I think the picture is better for it.
