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Moonrise at Sunset
Moonrise at Sunset
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Purple III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Nikon
Location: Jasper National Park
Date: Aug 14, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Aug 16, 2008

 I saw this beautiful scene on the way back from Jasper on our way to our hotel. It just seemed to keep getting better and better. My wife asked if I wanted to stop and I said no because she was really tired and I wanted to get her home. I then realized that I would likely never see this again so we stopped. After I was done shooting we saw about a dozen other photographers along the highway. I didn't even know about this challenge until I got home.

Editing Steps:
Saturation (+25)
Resize
Sharpen


post challenge: Not sure why this didn't do better. Perhaps because people didn't believe these were the actual colors I saw. (No color adjustments were done except to increase saturation.)

Statistics
Place: 91 out of 227
Avg (all users): 5.4293
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.3291
Avg (non-participants): 5.4958
Views since voting: 707
Views during voting: 291
Votes: 198
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 07/30/2010 06:31:03 PM
I love the story behind this. Some of my best pics have come from times I don't want to stop or pull my stuff back out but do it anyway. I'm toying with whether the shot would be improved by cropping off the bottom 20%. Mainly it would be to remove the shoulder section of the road. It's also a hard call what to do with the overall luminosity. Here you emphasize the moon, which is great, but at the cost of having a pretty muddy canvas. You could boost everything which will diminish the moon's emphasis somewhat, but might make the canvas better overall.
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 08/27/2008 11:00:49 PM
I love the sun in this shot, so small yet so effective. I would like to see a bit more depth and textures in the mountain to really make this picture come alive. Great scenery.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/25/2008 03:44:42 AM
Must've been spectacular!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/24/2008 02:09:59 AM
Beautifully framed moon!!
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 08/23/2008 04:58:28 PM
This would be a good location for a long exposure so that the headlights stream down thru the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/23/2008 04:57:55 AM
Beautiful shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2008 03:09:14 PM
How beautiful. Makes my heart hurt to be on a road trip. Beautiful purple indeed!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/21/2008 02:14:35 PM
Excellent shot. Very subtle tones... Amazing capture of the moon.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/21/2008 10:40:27 AM
Very nice. Simple and basic. Pixellated slightly but you probably had to resize to submit it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2008 07:55:58 AM
Very nice composition and colour.
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 08/20/2008 01:53:17 AM
Wow! just 10
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