Tall Trees, Clear Sky, Small Moon

StevenV

Canon EOS 10D, 2006:02:07 16:04. Shutter: 1/1500 sec, Aperture: 5.6,
Exposure mode: Manual, Metering mode: Evaluative, ISO: 200,
Lens: 28 to 80mm, Focal length: 38mm

Moon shots seem to be in this week, so here's a quick afternoon take after work today. whaddyathink - trees on the left too overpowering? I was going for some framing but the sunlight on the branches now bugs me. :wxwax

Scott_Quier

StevenV wrote:

Canon EOS 10D, 2006:02:07 16:04. Shutter: 1/1500 sec, Aperture: 5.6,
Exposure mode: Manual, Metering mode: Evaluative, ISO: 200,
Lens: 28 to 80mm, Focal length: 38mm

Moon shots seem to be in this week, so here's a quick afternoon take after work today. whaddyathink - trees on the left too overpowering? I was going for some framing but the sunlight on the branches now bugs me.

For what it's worth, I tend to agree with you. The warm light seems to dray my eyes away from the point of interest - the moon. And I really like warm high-lights in my images and I still agree with you.

But, on the other hand, these same tree limbs point right at the moon.

You don't include the time this image was captured. Could another 10 or 15 mintues have moved the sun off these limbs?

StevenV

Scott_Quier wrote:

You don't include the time this image was captured. Could another 10 or 15 mintues have moved the sun off these limbs?

16:04 - just after 4pm (Eastern). Waiting a bit probably would have pulled the sunlight off the branches if I had noticed only it. :cry Lesson learned.

StevenV

I got out a little earlier today, and it's a good thing. Within 45 minutes after this shot, the whole sky clouded over.


Canon EOS 10D, 2006:02:08 15:38. Shutter: 1/500 sec, Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Av, Flash: Off, Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 100, Lens: 28 to 80mm, Focal length: 35mm

The foreground tree's still overpowering though. This is a tough shot to pull off.