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Lunar aspect-Full Moon 11 Years Ago

On July 13, 2014, I visited Palmer, Massachusetts to try to make photos with trains and the rising full moon.

At the time I was working with my Canon EOS7D and a 100-400mm Canon zoom lens.

With the camera firmly mounted on a tripod, I exposed this photograph near milepost 83. It was a relatively long exposure (2/5ths of a second) using ISO1000 and a 190mm focal length.

This image vexed me. It is nearly there, but the moon is overexposed and the headlight is too bright.

Last night, I imported the Canon CR-2 RAW file into PureRaw for correction and conversion into DNG format. Then I imported the DNG into Lightroom for adjustment.

The processed photo is better than the unconverted image, but it’s still lacking. I wonder if using my modern Nikon Z cameras and PureRaw processing if I could have overcome some of the flaws inherent with this photo?

Canon CR-2 RAW file following correction and conversion and the first round of image adjustement using Lightroom
Lightroom work window reflecting the first round of corrections and original metadata.
Canon CR-2 RAW file following correction and conversion and the second round of corrections.
Adobe Lightroom workwindow showing the changes to create the PureRaw converted image with second round of corrections

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