ImageCreator Loc: Northern California

When Ansel Adams made his famous image, "Moonrise Hernandez New Mexico," he had been returning from Santa Fe after a discouraging day of photographing. From the highway he glanced left and saw an inevitable photo. He quickly stopped the car and began setting up his 8X10 view camera. He was yelling at his friends to bring him items. He couldn't find his exposure meter. The scene was quickly fading away and in desperation he set his exposure for what he knew would be the luminance of the moon and quickly took the shot. Adams wanted a second shot but the light was gone and he only had the one negative. If only I could make each of my images that perfect with only one exposure.

Unlike Adams, my moon and landscape scene were on my computer and not fading away. I could adjust the scenes the way I wanted and combine the images the way I wanted.

Here are the results. Enjoy.

Moonrise Lassen Peak

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Frank2013 Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.

I certainly have. The sky sets the mood blending with the moon and is likable, The softness of the snow and cloud mix is very pleasing. While it is an engaging image IC, I feel the foreground is not some of your better work….a much more gentle blending of your dark and light brush is needed. You know I call it like I see it IC. It does keep the overall impression in my mind.

ImageCreator Loc: Northern California

Thank you for your thoughts and insight.