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.
