Rakau Loc: Dunedin, NZ

Bit of experimental work here. 30 sec exposure. Full moon was not cooperating by hiding among the clouds, tree lit by my son using his high powered torch to 'paint' the tree. Feel my wife is lost a little in the foreground, and the beam of light bottom left needs toned down.
Happy to get other thoughts for experimenting along these lines

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Neat!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Nice but I would have cloned out the light beam.

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Perfect subject for this technique. I agree that the impact would be greater if you could hide the light source. I really like the shot.
Erich

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

I really like the shot but like the others I would clone out the flashlight beam

veralisa296 Loc: New Jersey

Excellent handling your image with so many fix-alls! LOVE the tree! Its lighting is perfect!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Everyone has their own opinion. I like it as is.

L-Fox

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Torches (flashlights) are designed to scatter some light sideways so that the holder can see where he/she is standing or walking. If you had something with a more focused beam, or alternatively, hold something in front of the torch to mask the light that's falling on the ground, you wouldn't have to do any cloning.

magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK

I think I’d remove the foreground figure (but you may have difficulty with that!) and the light beam, and then crop to just left of where the figure currently is, bringing the moon to a near central position (that I’m prepared to live with) but off-setting the tree, which is essential. You then have a quite wonderful scene. All just my preference of course, yours will be different. You’ve made a good job of achieving an image many would find daunting. Nicely done.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

For sure, that was a challenging scene to photograph. I have to ask what your intent was for making this image. My approach to shooting this scene would have been to take a Blue Hour shot of the scene with the woman sitting on the rock. I would have used a shutter speed just fast enough to capture the scene but with no blurring of the water or clouds. Maybe getting the moon or getting the moon with complete cloud clover. Next I would have taken a 30 sec exposure of the scene to get the blurring of the water. Finally, it that torch had a brightness adjustment I would have turned it pretty far down to paint that tree. Taking different shots of painting from different angles. In your image, the tree trunk appears to be blown out and the whole tree looks like it's been blasted by car lights. Finally in post, I would have layered all the images and used masking to paint in or out the areas of the image I didn't want. For example, for the sky portion you could use your Blue hour shot and blend it with your 30 sec shot and control those clouds a bit more. Anyway, your shot is a interesting scene. Thanks for showing it to us. Another question. Do you know what direction that scene was shot from? I would be extremely jealous of your location if you told me North. If you shoot Startrails, lining up the North Star (Polaris) over the top of that tree and shooting 30 sec or so exposures over a 2-3 hour period would make for a great startrail image. Done on a New Moon cloudless night the reflection of the trails in the water would be magnificient! Mentally, I can see the image in my head.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I think the clouds add to the drama and mood. As-is, I'd softly/lightly clone more clouds over the brightest area of the moon.

I think the green path of the torch's light along the water is perfectly fine (and interesting); I'd just clone/darken the area on shore.

A fascinating scene and set-up. Thanks so much for sharing and for opening the floor to conversation and suggestions!

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice!

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

It's a lovely try. I see what people mean about cloning out the light source. I'm not sure that's possible.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I like this concept and yes, eliminating the reflected beam of light from the left would greatly enhance the image, adding to its artistic merit.

Stan