Full Moon, 4th March '07

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C0MMAND wrote:The shape of the Moon looks weird in the 2nd photo... The terminator looks rather abrupt... Almost as if it was a straight cut.. Was it edited??
There was an eclipse then.

Will post the exif when i get home.
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The photos are all taken at around f/10 or so.
The moon is taken at ISO 200-400, about 1/800 for full, but could be as long as 1/50 when the eclipse started.

Multiple exposures are taken for the foreground at 20-25 seconds at ISO 400, and the layers are put together and blended, with curves and levels applied to different layers.
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Brilliant execution of the shot!
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Regarding the second photo.

Hmmm.... I recall during the lunar eclipse last Sunday (4th March), it was very cloudy here in Singapore.

Also, it occured at about 5:45am.

Did you airbrush away all the clouds and add colour and light to the sky background?

Or... were the Moon and the foreground granite upcrop taken on different days? If so, it would properly be described as "ps-ed" right?

Or.. was it taken during another eclipse?
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starfinder wrote:Regarding the second photo.

Hmmm.... I recall during the lunar eclipse last Sunday (4th March), it was very cloudy here in Singapore.

Also, it occured at about 5:45am.

Did you airbrush away all the clouds and add colour and light to the sky background?

Or... were the Moon and the foreground granite upcrop taken on different days? If so, it would properly be described as "ps-ed" right?

Or.. was it taken during another eclipse?
At 1/800 the clouds wouldn't show up. There were times when pockets of clear sky was present.
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And one more thing. I never denied the pictures were pee-assed.
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I think it does not matter if the pictures are processed or not. After all, which picture from NASA is not processed?
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I agree with Andrew. So IMO there is no need to be shy or sensitive towards the use of the term PS. Call a pot a pot. Don't need politically correct terms. Like calling the dead "Life Challenged". :mrgreen:
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sorry for late upload.... :>
I tried TotalLunarEclipse shooting for first time....so may be not that sharp
(images r corped to meet size limit)

http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage.php?pic_id=700
http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage.php?pic_id=701
http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage.php?pic_id=702
http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage.php?pic_id=703
http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage.php?pic_id=704
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