Moonrise Over Monterey Harbor

Posted by Don Smith (California, United States) on 1 November 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

An October full moon rises over the harbor in Monterey, California. This image is actually an HDR of three images bracketed at 2-stop increments and combined using Photomatix Pro 3.1 software. I then replaced the HDR version of the moon with the correctly exposed version by doing a simple cut and paste, then using the Transform tool in PSCS3, I enlarged it just a hair to fully cover the unnatural looking HDR version. Next, I did some local enhancements using Nik Veviza, brought out the warmth I remembered in the sky by using PSCS3's Hue/Saturation (isolating on just the red in the sky), then removed the noise with Nik Dfine 2.0 software. Finally, I did some selective sharpening of the boats and the building using Nik Sharpener Pro 3.0. I am not a schill for Nik software, but I do love their products. I will be conducting two workshops in the Monterey/Big Sur area in 2009; one in March and another in August. Gary Hart will be assisting me and we will limit the class size to just 12 participants. If you would like to join us, please visit my website at http://www.donsmithphotography.com and click on the Workshop link on my homepage for more information.

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