The Harvest Moon of September 24, 2018 in thin clouds and above a field of hay bales in southern Alberta. The rows of bales run east-west and due east is at left here. The Moon came up just south of east this night, despite being only 3 days past the equinox and almost exactly Full. That was due to its position south of the ecliptic. This is a blend of three exposures using luminosity masks. to record the darker sky and ground while retaining the golden disk of the Moon. Exposures were 5 seconds. 0.5 seconds and 1/5th second, all at f/11 and ISO 400 with the Canon 6D MkII and Canon 135mm lens. A duplicate image layer with a Luminar Abandoned Places filter was blended in to add the glows to the bales and the contrast to the ground. So yes, this is a fairly manipulated image with effects and blending applied.
The Harvest Moon of September 24, 2018 in thin clouds and above a field of hay bales in southern Alberta. This is a version converted to B&W with spot colour for the Moon and the monochrome layer backed off so some low-saturation coloour remains — just for a fun antique effect. The rows of bales run east-west and due east is at left here. The Moon came up just south of east this night, despite being only 3 days past the equinox and almost exactly Full. That was due to its position south of the ecliptic. This is a blend of three exposures using luminosity masks. to record the darker sky and ground while retaining the golden disk of the Moon. Exposures were 5 seconds. 0.5 seconds and 1/5th second, all at f/11 and ISO 400 with the Canon 6D MkII and Canon 135mm lens. A duplicate image layer with a Luminar Abandoned Places filter was blended in to add the glows to the bales and the contrast to the ground.
The Harvest Moon of September 24, 2018 in thin clouds and above a field of hay bales in southern Alberta. The rows of bales run east-west and due east is at left here down the row where I am standing. The Moon came up just south of east this night, despite being only 2 days past the equinox and almost exactly Full. That was due to its position south of the ecliptic. This is a single exposure, 1/8 second at f/11, and ISO 400 with Canon 6D MkII and 135mm lens. I applied a mild Orton “glow” effect using the Luminar plug-in. Sharpening of the foreground, noise reduction of the sky, and vignetting effect added with Blake Rudis Zone System Effects v5.
