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The Moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seas
The Moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seas
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Challenge: The Moon (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Dec 31, 2009
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/2 second
Galleries: Emotive, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2010

 Title from the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes, as adapted and set to music by Phil Ochs.

-Tripod, manual mode
-Noise-Reduction with PictureCooler
-Retouch fuzzy edge caused by motion/long exposure
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Create selection for Moon
-RGB Curve through selection to Moon
-Resize
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 7
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 10/10 = 177KB

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 72
Avg (all users): 5.2065
Avg (commenters): 5.8889
Avg (participants): 4.8837
Avg (non-participants): 5.2661
Views since voting: 4850
Views during voting: 482
Votes: 276
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 09/05/2014 08:20:32 PM
Beautifully illustrates that line. As a child I LOVED that poem. Still do. Thanks for stirring the emotions.
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 06/30/2011 09:01:36 PM
Marvelous moon shot.
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 01/14/2011 07:22:27 PM
I can hear the were-wolves howling for this one; very lovely spooky effect! :-) beautiful illuminaton and shadows! TY for sharing! :-)
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 01/14/2010 07:53:15 AM
Cool mood, matches the descriptive title well. Nice image, Paul!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/12/2010 06:15:09 AM
Moody
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 01/10/2010 05:51:15 PM
windy title aside, why not a square crop?
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 01/08/2010 03:46:05 PM
The clouds are great. Nice.
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 01/07/2010 11:43:09 PM
Nice use of clouds.
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 01/07/2010 11:04:12 PM
Nice shot, the clouds are cool, 7.
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 01/07/2010 09:05:15 PM
Nice title. Fits the image well.
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 01/06/2010 10:37:21 PM
Very nice texturing of clouds and interesting flow of light an dark. I have this in my top three for the challenge.
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 01/06/2010 06:43:51 AM
awesome capture !
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 01/06/2010 04:16:51 AM
I feel the urge to howl. :) Well captured!
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