Selene Rising Over Lycabettus Hill

Superb and rare shots there Anthony.

Stunning as usual!

ayiomamitis wrote:

As for the misplaced tree,

I think this can work to your advantage actually,
and give a good sense of distance...
It just needs a slight bit of cropping.
If I may suggest,
to crop back the right hand side slightly so that the
unfocused tree is somewhat off the edge of the shot.
(along the line of the vertical branch / pole behind)
this will frame things nicely...

Just my arty farty two cents...

Wow very nice Anto.

Gents, many thanks for your great approval. I must confess it has surpassed my expectations.

Frank, I know what you have in mind but we must be careful not to have our primary object (the moon) way too far off to the side. It is off-center as it is but this was out of necessity due to the very tight space for getting the shot off.

You will notice at the bottom left corner a portion of a tent/awning which was on one apartment balcony.

These are the nuances one must put up with when we have a fixed position for a given shot and the immediate surroundings are not very accommodating with respect to very small adjustments and movements.

Anthony.

lets agree to differ there anthony.
im one for mixing things up visually and not
always making the 'target' the 'center'
in fact, i find sometimes, the off setting
adds a bit of movement or life to an otherwise static scene.
I'd say your scene there was well balanced on the left with the
churchs and people, the moon to the far right would not look
out of place .
only my 2cents wort,
obviously its 100 pc as it stands...
but i just said i'd offer up some thoughts.

now if i could only photo a scene like that!:laugh: