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Belle Luna
Belle Luna
Zoomdak


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Challenge: Darkness (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Cannon Beach, at the needles
Date: Jun 11, 2005
Aperture: F/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 10 seconds
Galleries: Black and White, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jun 13, 2005

 "I AM BELLA LUNA...FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T HABLA ESPANOL, BELLA LUNA IS SPANISH FOR...BELLA LUNA!" - a take off on Chris Farley's genius "el nino"
Bella Luna is actually spanish for Beautiful Moon.

This was taken after the Oregon DPC GTG. That night, though. Most of the DPCers had left, actually, only my brother, Ryan (Nova Tiger), and I were left on the beach. I stopped for a few minutes to try some shots of the moon over the needles, and this is what came out.

Editing: Rotate (3 degrees off!), Brighness and Contrast, Curves, Color Balance and then actually decided it looked better in BW =), Curves again, size, usm.

SDG - Soli Deo Gloria - Only to the glory of God

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 373
Avg (all users): 5.8339
Avg (commenters): 7.3889
Avg (participants): 5.5440
Avg (non-participants): 6.0330
Views since voting: 1100
Views during voting: 425
Votes: 307
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 06/23/2005 05:45:55 PM
I knew this was one of the ORians!
This is such a nice shot. I tried to get some moon ones, but they didn't turn out too wonderfully (is that a word?).
Yeah, anyways...I like it!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/21/2005 03:04:12 PM
Nice composition.
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 06/21/2005 02:01:47 PM
Nice.
Lots of nice grainy detail, I'm sure, on the full-blown version.
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 06/21/2005 01:30:33 AM
Strong emotion. Nice concept. However, there is so much out of focus that I didn't stay with it long.
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 06/19/2005 01:37:21 AM
Good emotion. I could use more detail in the clouds, though I understand if you were going for the effect.
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 06/18/2005 07:57:28 PM
Ok... I recognize the area this is shot in... and I love the area. However here, it was shot at night, so you had to slow down the shutter but in doing so you ended up letting the clouds blur from movement yet the moon and rocks are in sharp focus. Perhaps you wanted this, but I'm not sure if this conflict is ideal.
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 06/17/2005 04:01:16 PM
Very nice, I like the desaturated look and the sky/clouds. I'm not quite sure it needed to be quite as dark (even for this challenge).
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 06/17/2005 03:08:52 PM
Appears to be another view of the Oregon Coast from the Oregon GTG.

This works well as B&W and the moon is not terribly overexposed like it normally gets in images like this. Looks like the exposure time was long enough to pick up a little cloud motion. Tones are generally good.

Message edited by author 2005-06-22 15:31:27.
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 06/16/2005 11:03:15 PM
beautiful.
you captured darkness very well.
10
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 06/16/2005 09:26:17 PM
I recognize the rocks! Could this be one of our Oregonians?
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 06/16/2005 07:48:33 PM
Nice choice of vertical crop.
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 06/16/2005 12:56:52 PM
NICE
 06/16/2005 12:34:12 PM
I love this kind of b7w shots...really nice!
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 06/16/2005 10:11:38 AM
VERY NICE.. DARKNESS, MOON AND CLOUDS
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 06/16/2005 07:40:54 AM
Very dark! 10
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 06/15/2005 02:59:57 PM
I would love to see this photo in color.
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 06/15/2005 02:03:21 PM
Very ghostly. I'm not sure why. But I think I would like it better without the moon. I think it would enhace the moon. B/W really works well
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 06/15/2005 12:17:44 PM
Is this another zoomdak photo?! Hope I spelled your screen name right!
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 06/15/2005 11:53:32 AM
The moon is distracting and take away from the impact of this image. Great shot though I love the contrast in the clouds and the depth they provide. Glad to see the use of thirds with the formations on the left.
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 06/15/2005 03:32:10 AM
That's a beautiful night scene. I particularly like the understated presence of La Belle Luna. 7.
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