Moonlight

Jameel Hyder

Jameel Hyder

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Beautiful Image. The soft pastel tones, the juxtaposition of the moon relative to the peaks and the lighting on the peaks all come together nicely. Well seen, captured and processed.
 
Artur Stanisz

Artur Stanisz

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Jim Dockery said:
Sweet. Were you camping out that night? If so what were the low temps?
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No, I wasn't camping because I was there with my wife. The lowest temp. that our car thermometer recorded was -40 Celsius but later on we found out that the thermometer couldn't go below -40 Celsius. It went to -40 and stayed there for 3 days. So it could be much more than -40 C but I have no proof :)
 
Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis

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That is a fantastic capture. Hard to get the light just right to get both moon surface detail and detail in the foreground as well. Imagining that perhaps a certain amount of pre-planning went into this shot - very well done.

ML
 
Artur Stanisz

Artur Stanisz

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Mike Lewis said:
That is a fantastic capture. Hard to get the light just right to get both moon surface detail and detail in the foreground as well. Imagining that perhaps a certain amount of pre-planning went into this shot - very well done.

ML
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Actually, there was ZERO planning for this photo. I was in Yukon taking photos elsewhere and was driving to the next location when I saw that Moon and thought that it would be pretty cool if it set in between the peaks. And it did. Took me maybe 5 minutes to take this photo (including setting the gear and trying not to freeze). So yes, sometimes I get lucky :) On the other side, Yukon is so desolated, especially in the winter that if we take this under consideration, then yes, it took some preparation and effort to take this photo.
 
Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis

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Artur Stanisz said:
Actually, there was ZERO planning for this photo. I was in Yukon taking photos elsewhere and was driving to the next location when I saw that Moon and thought that it would be pretty cool if it set in between the peaks. And it did. Took me maybe 5 minutes to take this photo (including setting the gear and trying not to freeze). So yes, sometimes I get lucky :) On the other side, Yukon is so desolated, especially in the winter that if we take this under consideration, then yes, it took some preparation and effort to take this photo.
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Artur,

Well very cool that it worked out so well to allow you to get such a great shot!

ML
 
Artur Stanisz

Artur Stanisz

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I will just add one thing. The biggest challenge in those Arctic conditions came to me as a surprise. It was actually hard to get a sharp image because of the heat haze. It might sound strange at first but, heat haze also exists in very low temperatures. The temperature difference between valleys and higher elevations was in some places 30 degrees Celsius. The one place where you can see the effect is around the edges of the Moon.
 
Dean

Dean

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Artur,
This is pretty stunning. The comp is beautiful but the moonlight is really something .
-40 is no picnic.. I shot in thoes conditions once up in Yellowknife and it was not an easy task . Frostbite and bulky clothes can be a challenge. Amazing job on this .
Regards,
Dean
 
ckcarr

ckcarr

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That is a perfect capture of a cold evening...

The problem I have with your photo Artur is that it immediately brings back memories of the February evenings working at Crested Butte and leaving when the temperatures were pushing -15 to -30 below as the sun went down. So your photo, it's working because it brought that back ... Was it good or bad? Some nights were awesome, other's I just cringe thinking about.
 
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