The Moon and Venus
Posted by mervfrench on May 17, 2010
I shot this last night as we went out for a drive around to see what was going on around the place, I didn’t take a tripod with me so I had to balance the camera on the roo bar of the ute to get the shot.
What attracted me to the shot was the simplicity of it all , a tank on the hill on the RHS , a tree on the LHS , nice cloud and colour in the sky and the “STARS OF THE SHOW ” ( like that , he he he ) the Moon and Venus.
This was a single shot with the 24-70 at 24 , a 3s exp off the roo bar and it was the best of about 4 shots. I would have liked to have the 70-200 and my tripod I could have shot a few different compositions of this.
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Matthew Inman said
Sweet one Merv, looks great. Your exposure was spot on.
mervfrench said
Cheers Matt. You have anything from Karijini ?
Matthew Inman said
Yeah, heaps, I’ve been slack, doing a lot of pre-processing, stay tuned! I’d like to know what you think.
mervfrench said
Are you really sure you can take my comments CF shakes when he see’s my comments coming on his blog. 🙂
Matthew Inman said
Damn right, can’t learn what works if it’s all ‘Pat’s on the back’! An ‘honest no s##t assessment’ (constructive) is what I like, are you worse than Mr Eastway? I need to beat you and the Stack at the next York Photographic Awards! Besides, I may be doing some shoots out your way soon, might need some ideas on locations…
david bettini said
Nice. Great to see something different in blogland!
mervfrench said
Thanks Dave …. sort of makes you want to stoke the fire and roll the swag out doesn’t it.
wayte27 said
Onto a winner Mr Merv man, love the composition and those colours, mate awesome
Cheers Adrian
mervfrench said
Thanks Adrian… the colour grabs me as well.
davidsobik said
Yes what David said!
mervfrench said
Yes….. what I said to Dave. 🙂
Flemming Bo Jensen said
Simplicity works! Here it works very well, really like this. Lots of space in the image which is important, great colours and subject.
mervfrench said
Thanks Flemming
Andrew Brown said
This is my sort of shot Merv. Good stuff.
peta said
Nice one merv, simple lines and color always a winner…yep a swag and a billy tea…
thomasparkes said
Great colour Merv.
mervfrench said
Thanks Thomas this is a favorite of mine , I guess because I was there!!
truenorthmark said
Ripper dude!
Love the moon ad the bright star really makes the shot I reckon!
muzz said
This is a simple but beautiful shot – it has wheatbelt written all over it. I like the blending of the frame with the silhouetted land at the bottom but I think I’d like to see an edge top right (maybe it’s my screen calibration). If only there was a sheep or two ….. Damn fine effort resting on a roo bar at 3 sec!
muzz said
Actually I think this image with black surrounds would make a good cover for your first book … seriously.
mervfrench said
Don’t you mean second book ???
muzz said
Your first book would have been a much bigger hit if it had this as the cover 😉 What did the first one look like again?
Matt saul said
Love it! I like how smooth the curve of the land is betweeen the tree and the hill. Very nice
Graham Leggate said
Excellent image Merv. Love it!
mervfrench said
Thanks Graham , very encouraging.
Donelle said
Love this Merv, the colours are awesome!
muzz said
Any chance of getting my hands on a copy of your first book Merv?
mervfrench said
I’ve checked with the publisher and they are sold out, they are considering a reprint, but time will tell.
Thanks for your interest.
antonioranieri said
Hey Merv love the colours nice shot
mervfrench said
cheers