~ aurora touching the crescent moon ~
Important notice:
The moon is taken separate some minutes later than the whole photo. A zoom-lense was used in order to get the details of the moon. I measured the size of the white spot. Then I cropped and scaled the moon, down to the size measured. Then it was just cut and paste. On to a second layer, where I also could adjust the opacity as an alternate way to balance the nuance and contrast. The goal was to show as much as possible of it´s crescent shape. Due to the fact that the moon is captured later than the rest of the picture and that it´s probably not scientifically precisely correct in size and position, one could call this a manipulation. Even though, for the human eye and normal use, I would claim that it`s closer to reality to show the moon, than just a white large spot.
Andrea Schwyter 08/03/2014 18:36
good shot, nice auroralg andrea