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Vector · 10th Dec 2008, 06:46 AM

All of the photos I took are in the convenient form of a Facebok album, but I don't think I can post that here unfortunately.

However, the main photos I want to share are these two. The first one for the fact that it was a pretty awesome sight even though the photo's pretty ordinary, and the second one for the photography aspect. Basically a week or two ago, the cresent moon and two nearby stars were in a particularly unusual position, and formed what appeared to be a smiling face in the sky. This is the best shot I could get without my telephoto lens, which I didn't have with me (

)

This next shot I just absolutely adore for the sake of the colours. I love the "old postcard" sort of look. For me, this photo could not have come out any better.

Enjoy!

Dazed · 10th Dec 2008, 06:50 AM

i love love love them both the first one made me smile but the second one was so pretty
its a sunrise right?
i love the way the sky blends from color to color

Vector · 10th Dec 2008, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iluxsincerelyxme

i love love love them both the first one made me smile but the second one was so pretty
its a sunrise right?
i love the way the sky blends from color to color

Taken at sunset around the same time as the smiling moon.
The only editing that I've done is adjusting the light levels (AV and warmth values) using a program called UFRaw. My camera takes all of it's photos in RAW format so I have to convert them to JPG files with this.

tashyyy · 10th Dec 2008, 07:32 AM

woah
theyre beautiful

Trystan · 10th Dec 2008, 07:39 AM

awesome you use linux then?

go tux (oh it is there for windows but no one needs to know)

ahh I dunno about anyone else, but I can almost never see pictures people post (apart from the hot guy game thread:P) which is really annoying :S

I'm sure they're brilliant though... I noticed the moon like that, but it was an internet smily cos of where I am (sideways lol)

Dazed · 10th Dec 2008, 07:40 AM

hope no one minds but i wanted to show a pic i took a couple months ago

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Trystan · 10th Dec 2008, 07:42 AM

i can't see that either

any ideas? sorry to invade the thread

Psychedelic Bookmarks · 10th Dec 2008, 09:53 AM

They're beautiful. Thank you for posting.

Trystan · 10th Dec 2008, 09:59 AM

wow they're beautiful, I love them. I've got a couple like that, I might get round to posting them.

ignore the messages from me about not being able to see them, it's just our weird internet.

Vector · 10th Dec 2008, 02:49 PM

Thanks for the comments all

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trystan

awesome you use linux then?

go tux (oh it is there for windows but no one needs to know)

On and off. I change builds all the time. My most recent was Ubuntu, but I had to go back to Windows to write some software. Now that I'm done with that, I'm thinking of giving openSUSE a go.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trystan

I noticed the moon like that, but it was an internet smily cos of where I am (sideways lol)

Awesome

AJWorld · 10th Dec 2008, 02:52 PM

Wow. There really nice pics!!!!

10th Dec 2008, 03:44 PM

I really like the one with the green sky... Amazing color.

By the way, I'm fairly sure those aren't stars. I think they're Venus and Jupiter, Venus being the upper one.

Vector · 10th Dec 2008, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drizzt DoUrden

By the way, I'm fairly sure those aren't stars. I think they're Venus and Jupiter, Venus being the upper one.

That explains quite a bit. I thought they were oddly bright for stars, but I've never seen the two that close together, let alone beside the moon.

10th Dec 2008, 08:34 PM

Yeah, there was some big deal about how they won't be like that again for 50 years or something... "The three brightest night bodies" or something like that, all close together.

Vector · 10th Dec 2008, 11:19 PM

Pity Mars missed out on the action. :P

Kryz · 11th Dec 2008, 12:25 AM

I'm almost sure Mars was around... it's just not as bright to be seen so early...

GREAT pics BTW, we should have a thread about members photography

waitingsucks · 11th Dec 2008, 03:17 AM

Yeah I saw it that night too, pretty awesome. Also someone said that in the US it looked like a frowning face, but I don't know if that was true or not

SlickyPants · 18th Dec 2008, 05:38 PM

I was just going through National Geographic's Top 10 Most Viewed Photos of 2008 and the smiling moon one was featured as #9. It immediately reminded me of this thread. Even though it was already mentioned previously that the "stars" were in fact Venus and Jupiter, here is a link to the National Geographic article about it.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ter-photo.html

Mongoose · 18th Dec 2008, 05:42 PM

awesome pic! I like the whole remote feel! Are you out on a farm or closer in to a town? Either way still great!

James2612 · 18th Dec 2008, 05:52 PM

They are great pics......... would love to see more!!

10th Dec 2008, 06:46 AM	#1
Vector Well Known Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Family, Friends, and anyone that asks Location: Bendigo, VIC - Australia Age: 23 Posts: 122 Join Date: Aug 2008	The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography All of the photos I took are in the convenient form of a Facebok album, but I don't think I can post that here unfortunately. However, the main photos I want to share are these two. The first one for the fact that it was a pretty awesome sight even though the photo's pretty ordinary, and the second one for the photography aspect. Basically a week or two ago, the cresent moon and two nearby stars were in a particularly unusual position, and formed what appeared to be a smiling face in the sky. This is the best shot I could get without my telephoto lens, which I didn't have with me ( ) This next shot I just absolutely adore for the sake of the colours. I love the "old postcard" sort of look. For me, this photo could not have come out any better. Enjoy!

10th Dec 2008, 06:50 AM	#2
Dazed Banned Gender: ladyfella Orientation: MaddyBensexual Out Status: out to all :] Location: Richmond VA Age: 24 Posts: 2,189 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography i love love love them both the first one made me smile but the second one was so pretty its a sunrise right? i love the way the sky blends from color to color

10th Dec 2008, 07:32 AM	#4
tashyyy Friend not Foe (; Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: here for the ladies :) Out Status: everyone Location: north west england Age: 18 Posts: 240 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography woah theyre beautiful __________________ I'll believe it all, i won't let go of your hand..

10th Dec 2008, 07:39 AM	#5
Trystan EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 4.7ish Out Status: Anyone who asks ;D Location: Southampton, UK Age: 20 Posts: 528 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography awesome you use linux then? go tux (oh it is there for windows but no one needs to know) ahh I dunno about anyone else, but I can almost never see pictures people post (apart from the hot guy game thread:P) which is really annoying :S I'm sure they're brilliant though... I noticed the moon like that, but it was an internet smily cos of where I am (sideways lol) __________________ I'm gay. Damn, now you know. Whatcha gonna do? Stereotype me?

10th Dec 2008, 07:40 AM	#6
Dazed Banned Gender: ladyfella Orientation: MaddyBensexual Out Status: out to all :] Location: Richmond VA Age: 24 Posts: 2,189 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography hope no one minds but i wanted to show a pic i took a couple months ago ] Last edited by Dazed; 10th Dec 2008 at 07:46 AM..

10th Dec 2008, 07:42 AM	#7
Trystan EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 4.7ish Out Status: Anyone who asks ;D Location: Southampton, UK Age: 20 Posts: 528 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography i can't see that either any ideas? sorry to invade the thread __________________ I'm gay. Damn, now you know. Whatcha gonna do? Stereotype me?

10th Dec 2008, 09:53 AM	#8
Psychedelic Bookmarks Helena Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Close family and quite a few friends Location: UK Age: 18 Posts: 2,195 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography They're beautiful. Thank you for posting. __________________ "I refuse to recognize the terms hetero-, bi-, and homo-sexual. Everybody has exactly the same sexual needs. People are just sexual, the prefix is immaterial." (Morissey)

10th Dec 2008, 09:59 AM	#9
Trystan EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 4.7ish Out Status: Anyone who asks ;D Location: Southampton, UK Age: 20 Posts: 528 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography wow they're beautiful, I love them. I've got a couple like that, I might get round to posting them. ignore the messages from me about not being able to see them, it's just our weird internet. __________________ I'm gay. Damn, now you know. Whatcha gonna do? Stereotype me?

10th Dec 2008, 02:52 PM	#11
AJWorld Member Regular Member Gender: Female Orientation: Not sure (still trying to figure it out) Posts: 51 Join Date: Dec 2008	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography Wow. There really nice pics!!!!

10th Dec 2008, 03:44 PM	#12
Drizzt DoUrden Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography I really like the one with the green sky... Amazing color. By the way, I'm fairly sure those aren't stars. I think they're Venus and Jupiter, Venus being the upper one.

10th Dec 2008, 08:34 PM	#14
Drizzt DoUrden Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography Yeah, there was some big deal about how they won't be like that again for 50 years or something... "The three brightest night bodies" or something like that, all close together.

10th Dec 2008, 11:19 PM	#15
Vector Well Known Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Family, Friends, and anyone that asks Location: Bendigo, VIC - Australia Age: 23 Posts: 122 Join Date: Aug 2008	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography Pity Mars missed out on the action. :P

11th Dec 2008, 12:25 AM	#16
Kryz EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: 95% gay 4% lesbian 1% polyester. Out Status: 7 friends and my mum. Location: Mexico City Age: 23 Posts: 659 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography I'm almost sure Mars was around... it's just not as bright to be seen so early... GREAT pics BTW, we should have a thread about members photography __________________ Nobody wants to be alone, everybody wants to love someone... ♪ Glitter and be gay... That's the part I play... ♫ It's SO not a choice. But if it were, I would choose to be gay.

11th Dec 2008, 03:17 AM	#17
waitingsucks Rainbow Philosopher Full Member Gender: XY Orientation: Guylove (between 2 guys) Out Status: 3 people. Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,736 Join Date: Aug 2007	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography Yeah I saw it that night too, pretty awesome. Also someone said that in the US it looked like a frowning face, but I don't know if that was true or not __________________ "Do you think so little of me that if I had a choice, I'd choose to live my life dodging prejudice and discrimination?" What's all this stuff about choice? You are the way you are and no one can tell you contrary to what you know in your heart.

18th Dec 2008, 05:38 PM	#18
SlickyPants EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 541 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: The Smiling Moon / Dusk Photography I was just going through National Geographic's Top 10 Most Viewed Photos of 2008 and the smiling moon one was featured as #9. It immediately reminded me of this thread. Even though it was already mentioned previously that the "stars" were in fact Venus and Jupiter, here is a link to the National Geographic article about it. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ter-photo.html

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