Moonlight & Snow

[GetCarter]

Quite pleased with this one. Moon popped out behind clouds lighting up Shieldaig - I ran and got the camera - handheld 4000 ISO f4.5 at 1/50th - Bracket 5 shots. Moon then disappeared.

Edited by GetCarter on Saturday 18th December 09:39

[Crafty_]

Like that alot, well done!

[Stu R]

Stunning shot

[SkinnyBoy]

Stu R said:

Stunning shot

indeed!

My new desktop cheers.

[AndWhyNot]

Simply superb.

I always feel a little bit awestruck by the power of moonlight

[roverspeed]

Very nice shot like the exposure.

To me the orange tones of the lights around the houses convey a welcoming warm feeling.

Maybe that's just me.

I like it

[muppetdave]

roverspeed said:

To me the orange tones of the lights around the houses convey a welcoming warm feeling.

Yeah it's got that cosy feel to it! Lovely shot, the more subtle illumination of the hills in the background is great.

[Baz440]

Cracking picture dude, you have a lovely view from the front of your house.

[LongQ]

GetCarter said:

Quite pleased with this one. Moon popped out behind clouds lighting up Shieldaig - I ran and got the camera - handheld 4000 ISO f4.5 at 1/50th - Bracket 5 shots. Moon then disappeared.

Edited by GetCarter on Saturday 18th December 09:39

Very nice indeed.

I like the gate/midge shot as well - must have been very tricky to open without disturbing too much snow?

[GetCarter]

We had a high of -6 here today, so snow wasn't going anywhere!

It's like being indoors though. So still. Doesn't even feel cold. Spooky.

Ta for the comments.

[Ady1970]

Another cracking shot. Mind you i dont recall seeing one the isn't.

[LongQ]

GetCarter said:

We had a high of -6 here today, so snow wasn't going anywhere!

It's like being indoors though. So still. Doesn't even feel cold. Spooky.

Ta for the comments.

Ah, right.

I once experienced -24 standing at a bus stop in Stockholm. Expected about 2 mins but the bus was running late so I was there for about 10 mins. As you say, it was quite still and very dry air and with a business suit and a decent long coat plus rubber soled shoes it really didn't feel cold in the way UK chilly weather normally does.

There is a partial eclipse of the moon in a day or so. May not be much good in the UK (just before dawn apparently) but might be interesting around your way if the snow is still around ....

[CarMac]

Lovely! Lucky boy!

[paul911]

GetCarter said:

Quite pleased with this one. Moon popped out behind clouds lighting up Shieldaig - I ran and got the camera - handheld 4000 ISO f4.5 at 1/50th - Bracket 5 shots. Moon then disappeared.

Is this a hand held HDR then Steve? Or did you use just one of the 5 shots? Nice BTW

[GetCarter]

just 1 - no HD ARGHHHHHH

ETA: I always bracket, belt and braces tog me.

Edited by GetCarter on Saturday 18th December 19:54

[Killwilly]

A beautiful photograph Steve. Do you set the camera to auto bracket, or do you do it manually?

[GetCarter]

It's permanently on 3 frame auto exposure bracket (+/- .7) but sometimes I'll bump it up to 5. I never take a single frame... 90% of the time I'll choose what Nikon thought was the best exposure, but occasionally I disagree. It also means I can HDR if I so desire.

This one taken earlier this week is actually a 5 frame HDR (as I knew the foreground would underexpose)

Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 19th December 08:52

[dibbly dobbler]

Wouldn't have spotted the HDR Steve - very nice, very subtle

[cottonfoo]

HDR only really works well when it's very subtle IMO. It's fun, but a bit hard work to look at otherwise. Some of the photos here just make me feel ill

[james_tigerwoods]

Frankly I'm disappointed that you haven't, er, you didn't include, um, something negative.... No, I got nothing - great photo. Again.

Can you please stop raising the bar so high?