On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:27 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 1/6/2014 11:34 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
>> On 1/6/14 13:27 : , Siddiq Siddiqui-Ali wrote:
>>> While queueing back and forth at the interminably long line at Disneyland,
>>> saw this mask leading to the French Quarter (I think that's what it's
>>> called?) and knew the not-too-old moon would be somewhere in that
>>> direction. Scooted my way over and tried to get it framed--easier in my
>>> mind than it was in real life, but resulted in a passable photo.
>>>
>>> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10102038878478044&set=a.10102032852529094.1073741825.6313229&type=3&theater
>> That's nice. I know all to well that feeling where a photo looks
>> gorgeous in my head, but the physical me just can't get it to happen...
>
> The trouble with silhouettes with moon is DOF. To reproduce what we see, or
> at least think we see, one must take two
> shots, focused on the two subjects distances, and combine them. That has
> always seemed legitimate to me. But then
> there's temptation.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/BayArea/Miscellaneous/AngelMoon.htm>
Indeed! I tried it both ways, but liked the shot with the near focus better.
Plus there was the matter of exposure--the moon kept blowing out. Had to stop
down and blast fill-flash to get the foreground visible.
I like the last (mirrored) version more than than the original (stacked focus)
version more. Wonder why.
Siddiq
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