Fly Me to the Moon* by ctfchallenge


04-APR-2004	Garrett Lau

Frank Sinatra's signature song.
The bird flying here is a Black-Crowned Night Heron.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
1/45s f/11.0 at 85.0mm iso400 hide exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Garrett Lau		16-Apr-2004 00:29
Thanks for your comment. I think I understand the problem. Because it is not a composite, there are several flaws. The heron shows some motion blur, and the overall picture lacks contrast. The moon is also kind of small compared to typical composites. These are things I have to accept when taking real photos of nature at night. --Garrett

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Apr-2004 19:59
In my mind I know I'm supposed to like this, but in my heart, I don't. You did a fine job with it, I just don't know why it isn't hitting me. Is it perhaps too cliche? Have I seen this composited so often that I don't appreciate the real thing when it comes along? Is it just too Hallmark? It's bugging me; I know I should think this is beautiful! ~ Lonnit

Garrett Lau		13-Apr-2004 20:36
Thanks, Jadzia. I immediately thought of the song when I saw this. --Garrett

Guest		08-Apr-2004 19:53
This is great and really brings to mind the song it represents.

Garrett Lau		07-Apr-2004 01:40
Thanks. It was captured like that. I was photographing the avocets in the moonlight when the night heron appeared. I took three shots of it. One with the heron to the left of the moon, one with it in the middle, and this one. This was the sharpest. The only postprocessing I did was white balance, curves, cloning out some dust, resize, and USM. --Garrett

alexeig		06-Apr-2004 20:58
Amazing image. Tell, me is it captured like this or is it composite?

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