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cradled in my hands
a radiant crystal ball
supermoon
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The image above of last Saturday’s SuperMoon was a fun project to work on. For the photos, I used a 300mm zoom, a fast shutter speed, and underexposed the shots to avoid getting just a big white glowing blob in my picture.
First, I took five separate photos of the SuperMoon. I adjusted my camera to the settings I preferred, secured the camera on my tripod and took the five photos at predetermined intervals without repositioning the camera. The first moon photo I took is on the left. Five minutes later, I took the second shot. The last three shots were taken one minute apart from each other.
Using Photoshop Elements, I merged the five shots together to create one photo showing the progression of the moon’s position over the eight minute period. Then I used a “distort” effect to make the image look curled. Thanks to Gracie for inspiration on the curled photo effect and for pointing us to the tutorial at Holly’s blog. (Head over to Gracie’s Frames and Focus blog to see some of her lovely photos and effects. Also, check out the Photo by Holly blog for some great tutorials.)
Last, I used a textured background and scattered some images of old photo corners around the photo to create the look of an in-process scrapbook page.
Do you have any tips you would like to share for taking good photos of the moon?
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This post is for the “S” Challenge by Frizztext (“S” is for SuperMoon, Scrapbook, Shot)
What a great combination of photos, well done, and thanks for the tips and links, helps us learners.
Very nice. I unfortunately had clouds and drizzle all night. 😦
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Fantastic shoots of moon, well done. 😀
A great image and thanks for tips on how you achieved it.
You saw the super moon! We unfortunately had an overcast.
Thanks for sharing you project with all the moon-deprived ones. 🙂
Great shots and scrapbook! 🙂
*hugs*
Excellent…I couldn’t see it in London so thanks for sharing your images.
Cool. So the five is taken from the same angle but different time. Amazing combination.
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Nice concept….
So nicely done! I love the idea of the overlaps. Your moon is amazingly “radiant”.
SERIOUSLY
THAT MOON WAS POWERFUL ……..
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I like your scrapbook web-design concept!
This is just amazing – so clever!
I love the curled effect, I love all of it! 🙂
Christine
Oh wow, this looks very interesting indeed, and seems like a labor of love too! Great work!
Interesting. Actually, we will see eclipse next Monday. It’s a great chance.
Great shot and effects. And thank you for sharing how it was accomplished.
I’m glad you could appreciate and take photos of the Moon that night. Over here was rainy and cloudy and I couldn’t see it.
This was a ‘super’ entry for Frizzes challenge given the timing. 🙂 Nice photos!
Great entry!
Wow! This is incredible!
Well done, Fergie!
Love that you added textures as well.
Oh, and thanks for linking it to my blog 🙂
Very cool! Thanks for including the tutorial as well!
What a great inspiration… Loved it. Thank you, with my love, nia
I’m not being facetious when I say “Super moon”. Lol! No, really, great photo! Thanks for sharing!
Very very interesting! Haven’t used Photoshop elements – want to try something like this.
Whoa! Wowzers! Cool beans! And no, I have nothing to offer about moon shots, LOL! I think you have it handled, although there is always more to learn I suppose you photoshop queen! Margie
This is awesome! So fun and creative.
super stuff!!!
Very cool Fergie ! I like this a lot. We have been under cloud cover since Friday so we never got to see the moon. Thanks for sharing!!!
That was a great project, very well executed. I was amazed at just how much movement there was in just eight minutes. Fantastic to actually see it. Brava!
What a fabulous image you’ve created!
Of course you would make this into something very special!
I’m cross, I seem to be the only person on the planet that didn’t know until after the event!
Beautiful shots, and really creative!
Nothing but a stunning image of the supermoon. You created something special with your time-lapse approach to the event. And the whole graphic expression enhances the scientific look. Such a crisp and insightful image. Interestingly, though, the way you chose to shoot the intervals and how you faded the last moon pictures into the whole, its seems like the moon is moving from right to left in the picture. You ask for any tips for taking good photos of the moon. Well after seeing this picture, nothing will do it any better. Great work!
Fantastic image and beautiful work on the post processing. Very creative.
Nice job! 😉
it brings another ‘s’ word to mind – striking!
thanks for sharing this brilliant composition!
Excellent work here; your creativity certainly was aroused with this little project. Liked.
Nice sequence of shots and like the treatment you’ve given the image 🙂
What a creative work! Thank you for explaining how you did it!
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Nicely done and appreciate the technique lesson too!
Thank you for creating this wonderful image…and for explaining how it was done. I always find such things most interesting!
We had an excellent view of the super moon from our living room window, to the south, low and brilliant through the trees. It was a magical sight!
I like what you did. Interesting that you used a fast shutter speed. Were you using a high ISO, too, then?
I usually set the ISO to 100 and then use a longer shutter speed to get the detail in the moon. I think I used 1 second for the super moon.
Thanks. I tried the slower shutter speeds, even 1 second, but I got a big bright blob with no detail. I tried several settings and the the best result was with a faster shutter speed above 500 and exposure value reduced by 1.0. The ISO was on the lowest setting in my camera.
I missed the Supermoon and all its wonders but today, I get to celebrate that moment through your amazing images. Thanks.
The moon can do no wrong. You capture the moon elequently…