St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

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A moonlit picturesque old building in Gloucester Harbor taken from the Schooner Thomas E. Lannon

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Nightski

The scene is lovely. I think I would crop to bring more attention to the wonderful old buildings on the left. I would crop up to the white house in the background on the left and I would crop a bunch of sky. I like the reflection on the water, so I would not crop that. The moon is blown. The best time to shoot a moonscape is the night before the full moon. The sun is setting just after the moon rises and you can properly expose for the moon without losing your landscape to shadows.

napabob Loc: Napa CA

it's a lovely "probably" shot for me...........as in it probably would have worked for me if the moon wasn't shouting at me (don't bother looking at anything else but me) .........if you shot in RAW there may be something left to help with in PP to tone it down to match the reflection on the water

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

I agree with Nightski about the crop. And I think you have exposed well for the buildings, but the blown moon does detract. Another way to have combated this would have been to expose another shot for the moon and merged the two.