City Landscape (in the dark) or moonscape?

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Nikon D6; 180-400 (1.4) @ 560.

Playing on the learning curve of gimbal head and tripod last night and literally turned to go inside when I noted I'd missed looking to the north east LOL The red spots are aircraft warning lights on buildings, behind which the moon soon disappeared.
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I'm not sure How I feel about this.... I like it but the floating lights are messing with me somewhat... I wonder if you could lighten the building just enough to see the edges how it would work? It's a cool idea and for me, thought provoking. (which is what a photo is supposed to do, right!)
 
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I am on par with Gordon here. Also, check out Photopills, they are the "in the know" guys for shooting anything in the night sky. They have a super app that assists you. You have gear to die for that would work wonderfully with what they can help you with. Steve, somewhere, a long time ago, has dropped their name and then I googled them.
 
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I wonder what it would look like a little lighter. The photo is screwing with my head. My brain is trying to make the shadows into buildings but the lower right corner of the moon is between the two light.
What it comes down to is how do you like it? This is your vision after all.
 
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gordon_g said:
I'm not sure How I feel about this.... I like it but the floating lights are messing with me somewhat... I wonder if you could lighten the building just enough to see the edges how it would work? It's a cool idea and for me, thought provoking. (which is what a photo is supposed to do, right!)
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Searching for detail if I recall correctly simply brings up noise (the 6 originals are long gone :)) -- there was not a lot detail captured whatsoever; I'm pretty sure all it brought up was the red lights and that EPCOR marque, as here. If I'd seen this without the camera with me on the balcony I would have simply grabbed my cell phone and taken a snapshot. I did make some attempt to expose for the lights of the buildings (there are four layers of high rises between camera and moon in this shot) as one of them at the 'height' of the moon is illuminated in cool blue; trying to bring that out in post only produced splotches of noise. Any attempt to get workable exposure (in camera) on buildings produced a blown out moon. To both your and Caille's point there was DEFINITELY a great moon in skyline bigger than buildings shot here, including some great contrasting blue light on one of the buildings but I wasn't thinking at all of taking a 'night sky' photograph (more proof I'm not a landscape shooter). Likely shouldn't have posted this on this forum given that level of care, but I do like how the result screws with my head as I try to figure out what those red lights are and then fill in the unseen buildings. But then again not posting it would have not produced a chat about it! Thanks.
 
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Callie said:
I am on par with Gordon here. Also, check out Photopills, they are the "in the know" guys for shooting anything in the night sky. They have a super app that assists you. You have gear to die for that would work wonderfully with what they can help you with. Steve, somewhere, a long time ago, has dropped their name and then I googled them.
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Thanks Caillie, but as I rambled in a reply to Gordon, my level of interest in night sky photography (as the shooter) is low, tho I am going to check out Photopills to see what the folks who know what they are doing are producing :)
 
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MorganP said:
I wonder what it would look like a little lighter. The photo is screwing with my head. My brain is trying to make the shadows into buildings but the lower right corner of the moon is between the two light.
What it comes down to is how do you like it? This is your vision after all.
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I did ultimately post this because my enjoyment in the shot is that it does screw with my head -- what ARE those lights, then when the one marque that comes through confirms they're apparently aircraft warning lights, then my brain too tries to fill in the buildings. I'm okay with that sort of work, but as blathered on about in other of my replies not really a keeper shot, so should likely have kept it to myself LOL
 
Just about the only way to capture building and the moon at this point of darkness would have been a composite shot. One frame to capture the buildings and one to capture the moon without blowing it out.
The only light that bothers me is obviously the one that appears to be over the moon. But when I run a straight edge it appears to be right on the line or very close. The light fixture could be past the vertical line of the building also.
 
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Hut said:
Just about the only way to capture building and the moon at this point of darkness would have been a composite shot. One frame to capture the buildings and one to capture the moon without blowing it out.
The only light that bothers me is obviously the one that appears to be over the moon. But when I run a straight edge it appears to be right on the line or very close. The light fixture could be past the vertical line of the building also.
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Hut said:
Just about the only way to capture building and the moon at this point of darkness would have been a composite shot. One frame to capture the buildings and one to capture the moon without blowing it out.
The only light that bothers me is obviously the one that appears to be over the moon. But when I run a straight edge it appears to be right on the line or very close. The light fixture could be past the vertical line of the building also.
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I just assumed it was a landing light on at a lunar outpost :)
 
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