Moon on FIRE!

[flamin lib]

Interesting effect from an HDR experiment. I had hoped to take 7 exposures at 2ev intervals and combine them to get detail in both the dark (earthshine) side and the bright side. No success yet as the brightness range is just too great but this struck me as interesting. Sort of Star Wars Death Star-ish. Or the moon launching itself into another orbit with half the orb burning as a rocket motor.

Anyway, whatcha' think?

[TheBlackAdder]

1. That's wild!

[Ohiogal]

2. Wow, stunning effect!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Well, it's certainly eye-catching!

And I like it.

It has a very cool halo effect.

[Karadeniz]

4. Is the sun causing the light?

[Jeebo]

5. In 1178 there was a meteor strike on the moon.

It was witnessed by some Canterbury monks. The moon was on fire, literally. The impact produced the Giordano Bruno crater.

-- Ron

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/20/archives/a-fiery-moon-spectacle-in-1178-described-in-contemporary-report.html

[elleng]

6. Good!

I frequently get 'interesting' pics with earthshine.

[LunaSea]

7. Tried cutting a hole in some black paper?

Putting that over the lens can reduce the amount of light.
Astronomers sometimes do that when looking at a full moon, which can be rather
retina searing through a scope.
You may be able to reduce the bright side enough to balance out the bright side.

Cool experiment, hope you'll post more.

[yonder]

8. Cool photo. I propose you name it 'Bella Abzug's Hat'

[SheltieLover]

9. Amazing!

Ty!

[rdking647]

10. the best way ive found to do that

take exposures on 2 consecutive nights.
night 1 expose for earthshine
night 2 expose properly
them combine the 2 shots

[Pobeka]

11. It is cool, sometimes accidents turn out to be creative exercises and successful :-)

But, you know, I have to ask:

Shouldn't there be some cheese melting out of that thing?

[flamin lib]

12. 🤣