QUESTION About Super Blood Wolf Moon
Jan 22, 2019 15:49:00 #
I've seen a lot of photos posted about the super blood wolf moon - some of them very good! Question: If you took a regular full moon photo and adjusted the white balance or applied a red-orange tint in post, could anyone tell the difference?
Jan 22, 2019 15:59:16 #
Probably not, but if the exif data was left intact that would give it away.
--Bob
--Bob
DWU2 wrote:
I've seen a lot of photos posted about the super blood wolf moon - some of them very good! Question: If you took a regular full moon photo and adjusted the white balance or applied a red-orange tint in post, could anyone tell the difference?
Jan 22, 2019 16:22:28 #
DWU2 wrote:
I've seen a lot of photos posted about the super blood wolf moon - some of them very good! Question: If you took a regular full moon photo and adjusted the white balance or applied a red-orange tint in post, could anyone tell the difference?
If you posted a picture of you wheezing at the finish line and a stopwatch in your hand reading 9.47 seconds, would anyone be able to tell if you should now own the 100 Meter dash record?
The answer in each case is that you would know. Is that important?
Jan 22, 2019 16:31:00 #
I guess my minor point is, I don't find the photos, however well-taken, as particularly different or interesting.
Jan 22, 2019 16:36:55 #
DWU2 wrote:
Are you saying that people were swayed by hype to take the shots? I guess my minor point is, I don't find the photos, however well-taken, as particularly different or interesting.
I posted a topic about six years ago titled, "Why Shoot the Moon?" For the photographer - especially those interested in astronomy I assume, it's mostly an exercise in technique and subject details (craters); for casual viewers the subject quickly becomes ho-hum. Around that same time I became interested in attempting to catch the moon just as it appears over the horizon (or disappears in morning moonset), while including landscape in the image.
To each our own interests!
Jan 22, 2019 16:41:56 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Are you saying that people were swayed by b hype ... (show quote)
I would also note that there were blood moon photos on this forum from all over the world. Some sharp, some not, but, otherwise, the same photo.
Jan 22, 2019 16:44:58 #
DWU2 wrote:
I agree, but it's OK - to each his own!I would also note that there were blood moon photos on this forum from all over the world. Some sharp, some not, but, otherwise, the same photo.
Jan 22, 2019 16:48:33 #
DWU2 wrote:
I would also note that there were blood moon photos on this forum from all over the world. Some sharp, some not, but, otherwise, the same photo.
No different than photos of birds. Let other people do what ever they want to take photos of.
Jan 22, 2019 16:51:49 #
tdekany wrote:
No different than photos of birds. Let other people do what ever they want to take photos of.
Certainly - to each their own. It's their camera. It's just that a lot of people went to a lot of trouble, and got - a picture of the moon.
Jan 22, 2019 17:00:45 #
Birdman642
Loc: PA
DWU2 wrote:
Certainly - to each their own. It's their camera. It's just that a lot of people went to a lot of trouble, and got - a picture of the moon.
it is the same moon no matter were you take it from .
Jan 22, 2019 17:29:56 #
DWU2 wrote:
I've seen a lot of photos posted about the super blood wolf moon - some of them very good! Question: If you took a regular full moon photo and adjusted the white balance or applied a red-orange tint in post, could anyone tell the difference?
You would.
Jan 22, 2019 19:54:22 #
DWU2 wrote:
Certainly - to each their own. It's their camera. It's just that a lot of people went to a lot of trouble, and got - a picture of the moon.
Maybe for the first time? Maybe it isn’t an easy task and many like a challenge?
Jan 22, 2019 21:06:25 #
SS319 wrote:
I believe this is the answer to many things in life when we are tempted to "stretch" the truth. I was in Riverfront Stadium on Sept 11th of 1985 and took a telephoto when Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's hits record. I can assure you it did not look any different than probably 1,000s of his other hits, but I know it was at that moment in time and isn't of any of the other 1000s. That is important to me.The answer in each case is that you would know. Is that important?
Jan 23, 2019 06:22:34 #
I had the same question so I shot the full moon about 9:00 that night and added a little color to see how close I could come to the right color. It doesn't really look at all like the real moon at midnight. The real moon in eclipse was much more red.
Jan 23, 2019 07:45:00 #
DWU2 wrote:
I've seen a lot of photos posted about the super blood wolf moon - some of them very good! Question: If you took a regular full moon photo and adjusted the white balance or applied a red-orange tint in post, could anyone tell the difference?
Yes. During a Lunar eclipse, the reddish cast is not uniform across the Moon's surface. It will darker/lighter towards one side.
It might be uniform if the alignment was 100%. I.e., the Earth's shadow fell on the center of the Moon.
But, the shadow is larger than the Moon (especially when the Moon is closer to the Earth).
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