You may recall back in August I made some effort to shoot the moon and clouds together. And because I never learn, on this night I spent a bit more time in this fruitless pursuit.
We start with a shot that shows clouds in reasonable detail and at least gets the moon down to a solid sphere (rather than a star-shaped point of light). [F/3.5, 1/3 sec., 72mm]
And thanks to a little post-production darkening, in the second shot we can also make out a tiny bit of detail on the moon. [Same F/3.5, 1/3 sec., 72mm]
Another bit of post darkening, and thanks to a shorter exposure we get something approximating the moon surface. [F/3.5, 1/20 sec., 72mm]
And by cutting the exposure significantly, wowzers, there's our familiar lunar face, but where are our wispy cloud friends? Oh well. [F/3.5, 1/100 sec., 72mm]With any luck, I have learned my lesson, and will stop this nonsense.
I've tried the same sort of shots before. I've come to the conclusion that filtering isn't the answer, so I'm going to try and HDR treatment next time I try it.
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