Re: [APML] Moonlit Swan

["John C. Mirtle" <spampit@shaw.ca>]

> John:
>
> The image gives lots of shapes and spaces for the imagination to play
> on.  For me, the hard and soft contrasts on either side of the voids
> make the picture work in non classical form and on a grand scale.
>
> It is an unusually beautiful picture that shows how darks can not only
> be central to a composition but absolutely necessary for its balance.
>
> Stephen

Stephen,
    Thanks for that wonderful description! We have all seen N. America and
Gamma Cygnus shots before, but usually they are close-ups. I wanted to
capture all the large nebula (both bright and dark) that connect these two
regions together which aren't often photographed. I just wasn't expecting it
to work so well with the moon up! A longer shot would also bring out the
faint nebula better and increase the contrast of the dark nebula. I think
that I have finally found a lens that I want to use to build mosaics. :-)

John Mirtle
Calgary, Ab. Canada

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