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28-SEP-2009

Moonrise, Jasper National Park, Canada, 2009

I had put away my primary camera and lenses for the day, and was walking back to our hotel from a nearby restaurant, when I noticed a half moon hanging in the evening sky over the nearly mountains. However I always keep a small camera in a pouch on my belt, and zooming it out to its maximum 60mm focal length, I was able to magnify the rising half moon large enough to have impact. The medium focal length also allows me to include two layers of horizontal mountains and three pinkish cloud layers. I increased the scale of the moon even more by cropping one-third off the left side of the frame, and one third off the top of the frame.

Leica D-Lux 4
1/400s f/3.2 at 12.8mm iso80 hide exif
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Date/Time28-Sep-2009 18:26:08
MakeLeica
ModelD-LUX 4
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length12.8 mm
Exposure Time1/400 sec
Aperturef/3.2
ISO Equivalent80
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (2)
Focus Distance

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Phil Douglis22-Nov-2009 21:36
I thought of this image in black and white as well -- when I converted it, it reminded me too much of Ansel's famous "Moonrise" image. (http://www.masters-of-photography.com/A/adams/adams_moonrise_full.html )You are right -- the color adds a high note that would be missing in a black and white rendering. Adams used a fascinating culturally oriented foreground contrasted to a jet black sky as his high note, while it is the soft blue sky and delicate pink cloud in my image that provides a context of natural beauty.
Tim May22-Nov-2009 19:25
I have an interesting reaction to this image. It feels like a black and white image to me - and those tonalities create the bass line and then the soprano comes in in color.
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