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  • KevinFRK@lemmy.worldtoPhotography@lemmy.worldSouth Hillsboro, OR.
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    7 days ago

    In passing, since you are learning about RAW format processing, you can do some quite extreme things to the luminance/histogram/gamma/whatever to bring out a little more detail in these sorts of shots, because the range of tones is rather narrow. Some also have fun boosting one of the colour components - “Mineral moon processing”.

    If you get addicted to trying for the best possible moon shot, you may find https://clearoutside.com/forecast/ Useful for knowing when the nights will be clear

    Also, don’t discount early morning/evening moon photos - there can still be enough details to make the effort worthwhile even in daylight (if you play with the RAW).









  • KevinFRK@lemmy.worldtoPhotography@lemmy.worldOrenco, OR.
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    15 days ago

    A fun experiment.

    It always amuses me to think how common blue moons actually are: “A blue moon refers either to the presence of a second full moon in a calendar month, to the third full moon in a season containing four, or to a moon that appears blue due to atmospheric effects.” - from Wikipedia, so maybe once or twice a year even just from the “twice in a month” form.




  • Have you tried taking RAW format photos and doing a little post-processing (in particular whatever more detailed Histogram or Luminance tools you have)? This sidesteps a lot of functionality that usually guesses right, but can go horribly wrong.

    Are you manually setting all three of aperture, ISO and speed? If not, double check what the auto settings of the others are (you should be getting those details in the photo meta data - visible under Properties|Details in Windows, as well as “Live”).





  • KevinFRK@lemmy.worldtoPhotography@lemmy.worldBygholm Lake
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    1 month ago

    The photo with the dead tree in the water is really satisfying - well done. A large print and put up on (a shaded) wall sort of thing.

    The other photo, of the far side of a lake, doesn’t really work for me - there’s the tree lines and their reflections pointing to the centre, but there’s nothing there to look at. You needed someone waving, or a large treasure chest (X marks the spot) or something.