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Hi all! This is one of my first posts on NWP, and my very first attempt at a pano! I tried posting in another forum but didn't get the photo attached. Hope I figure it out this time!
This is a 4 shot pano of part of the Big Belts mountains near Townsend, MT a couple of weeks ago. The sun was going down behind me as the moon was coming up. CS2 was used to stitch and for PP. This is also a composit, as I took a fifth shot zoomed in on the moon, and replaced the smaller moon in the pano with it, moving it to line up with the road and Baldy Mtn. in the background.
I hope to learn from the talented photographers here, so all C&C is appreciated! Compositionally or technically, what could I have done to improve this shot? Thanks for looking and for any help!
D80/18-135mm Nikor
38mm, F20, 1/15 sec., ISO 200, +1 EV, tripod
\Kelly

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Kelly,

I really like the pano format. Unfortunately, it doesn't transfer to the small computer screen that well. This is a
perfect example where the scope of a wide open lanscape just doesn't have the impact on the computer. I like the
placement of the moon with the road as a leading line to it. Off course the moon would really have been very small
with a 38mm FP and I understand why you dropped in a bigger one. I have to say that I even though I knew it was a drop
in, it works for me because I know when you see something like this live, your eye will magnify the moon too.

The only thing I might add is a suggestion that you try a black and white conversion. This kind of shot is just made
for B&W. Here's a conversion of your low res web image with a strong red filter. What do you think?