The SuperMoon


Okay, everyone has his/her own take of the supermoon, so here's mine.  I took it right out of my window when the moon was rising. I could not miss it, it's such a majestic sight -- a big bright orange blob amongst the highrise buildings.  I was lucky that the path ran through the gap between the buildings, and I could get part of the instantly recognizable building in the frame, bringing some location reference to the scene Or put it in other words, I wasn't compositing the picture. In fact, taking the picture was more a personal thing than sharing a rare sighting. I didn't plan the shooting, but when I saw the scene, I knew that I have to take it.  It took me all 2 minutes to put together the necessary gears and started shooting, before the moon rose too high and out of the context.  I shot several frames, and went to the computer to start processing the image -- there simply isn't enough dynamic range to have to moon with the "real" color while revealing some of the "adjacent" buildings.  Fortunately with some tweaks, I was able to post the picture around 7:00pm, just a few minutes after taking the shot.

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