At full moon thousands of people clamber up the Lion's Head to see Cape Town's Table Mountain as the sun sinks to the west and the moon rises to the e...
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At full moon thousands of people clamber up the Lion's Head to see Cape Town's Table Mountain as the sun sinks to the west and the moon rises to the east.
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billgardam
February 26, 2017
The more i look the more impressive. If i had a slight question it would be if those rocks in the foreground add or subtract from the effectiveness of the image.I know you could not crop them out without loosing the image.
TimAtkinsonNY
February 26, 2017
Thanks Bill. I appreciate your comments. i was just reworking this today and took them down a little darker so they aren't so prominent
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Location
CapeTown, South Africa. This is the view of table mountain from the lions headTime
At dusk, with the sun setting to the west while the moon rose in the eastLighting
This was on the night of the full moon, where the moonlight is at its strongestEquipment
Sony Rx1 with fixed 35mm f2 lens. I took a series of pictures with the camera in portrait orientation and stitched them togetherInspiration
There is a ritual in CapeTown to climb the lions head at full moon. Thousands are on the path, aiming to reach the top to see the sunset as the moon risesEditing
First I stitched the panoramas and created a full tonal starting point. In photoshop I blend the color channels to create luminosity layers, boost color with a curve in LAB, before some final tweaking in lightroomIn my camera bag
On a trip like this, the RX1 is all I need. It is simply the best you can get optically and leaves me to focus on the image. A tripod might have been a good idea thoughFeedback
With this image it is really just about being there, and being ready when the conditions are right