Moonrise over the oaks

[Greg Russell]

This was taken Sunday evening as the moon rose over some oak trees. I would have wished for a more discrete group of oaks, rather than cutting off the left and right sides, but I didn't have much time, as the light was fading fast. That said, I've been drawn to vertical panos lately, and feel this one lends itself well to such a presentation, prompting me to shave some off both the left and right sides.

30D, 24-105


Thanks for looking, and commenting!

[John Labrenz]

Really like the early evening colors here Greg.
Good comp, a simple yet very pleasing image....vertical pano suits this perfectly.

[Paul Klenck]

The cool, steely colors are very effective. Nice work on the vertical pano. What is the "shadow" in the opening between the trees?

[Jens Peermann]

I like how you placed the moon right above the opening between the trees.

[R.J. Sindelar]

I feel like this is not going to get as many comments because of the large amount of negative space. I, however, like the artsy feel the large amount of sky and vertical pano gave to the image.

[earthtraveler]

Very nice Greg. The evening glow on the horizon really brings this to life. The large amount of sky here does well to convey the open expanse of this area.

Could you please share how many and what type images you used for this pano. Is this two or three stacked landscape shots?
Also is the moon here actual size of the original scene in relation to the trees or did you enlarge it's appearance during processing or zoom in for the shot to enlarge it? Thank you.

[Greg Russell]

Could you please share how many and what type images you used for this pano. Is this two or three stacked landscape shots?
Also is the moon here actual size of the original scene in relation to the trees or did you enlarge it's appearance during processing or zoom in for the shot to enlarge it? Thank you.

This is a single frame, cropped to pano. As far as processing goes, its a 3-image HDR (-1, 0 and +1 EV), processed in my usual manner (a blend of tone mapped and original images). The moon is seen as shot--I love the autumn full moons!

Paul K: the shadow you see is a hill layer behind the one in the FG.

[E.J. Peiker]

This is very nicely done. I saw the same moonrise over a local park lake on Saturday night but didn't have anything shorter than a 500 on me - LOL!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Greg,
I'm going against the grain here but for me, the large amount of negative space is too much. It does feel peaceful and serene and as always,it does come down to personal preference. I do tend to gravitate towards more in your face presentations, so that might just be me. HDR work looks spot on.