Shel - I think we fundamentally agree on the impact of the subject, but having tried to get a similar shot (and failed) I have to compiment John's technical skills.
It seems I've never had the right combination of location, weather and available time to get a good clean shot. See you later, gs <http://georgesphotos.net> On 10/8/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nothing overly awesome, just a shot > > of last night's big harvest moon. > > > http://www.neovenator.com/special/2006_harvest_moon.html > > John, it's a nice shot, but, like every other similar photo of the moon, it > is boring. How many hundreds of these shots of the full moon have we seen? > While such a photo may show of the skill of the photographer, or the > quality of the gear, artistically and creatively there's little substance > to such pics. > > A more interesting shot would be if there were something else in the frame, > perhaps a horizon, or a skyline, or perhaps it could be more interesting if > only a portion of the moon was shown in an upper corner. Or maybe a shot > taken earlier in the evening, when the light was brighter, the sky more > colorful, the moon more "transparent" or lower to the horizon so some other > natural elements could be included in the shot. > > BTW, I'm not picking on you or anyone who wants to make such a photo, I'm > just wishing for more and hoping that some of the people with long lenses > who make such photos might want to try something a little more creative, > unusual, and interesting. > > > > Shel > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
