Do you think it is too dark?

[Leigh Wanstead]

Here is a bigger version.
http://www.smootharm.com/picture/nfpicturepro/albums/userpics/10002/IMGA2328.jpg

TIA

Regards
Leigh

 

[Johnw7127]

I would definitely say so. The moon looks good, but the rest definitely needs more light.

 

[The_Traveler]

IMO, it is the color of the moon that matches the windows that is the most powerful part of this image.
SO: I would only lighten this with the levels or curves.
Make the moon brighter and the house a little brighter.
Straighten the house a little and then crop it removing the white window (that breaks the spell) (also added a little sky to bring the moon down)

Then the one person in window at lower left really gives a balance to the image.

What do you think?

 

[midnitejam]

WOW! This is a huge moon.
I like the composition and the interplay between the color of the moon and the windows. Did I already mention how big that moon is?

Cheers
MJ

 

[Leigh Wanstead]

Thanks for the adjustment.

But I noticed there are some visible artifacts in the brick of the house. That is the reason I don't want to do too much post editing. Less is good.

Regards
Leigh

IMO, it is the color of the moon that matches the windows that is the most powerful part of this image.
SO: I would only lighten this with the levels or curves.
Make the moon brighter and the house a little brighter.
Straighten the house a little and then crop it removing the white window (that breaks the spell) (also added a little sky to bring the moon down)

Then the one person in window at lower left really gives a balance to the image.

What do you think?

 

[TheHooded_Mike]

Quick edit - tried to save it but the image quality is just so bad...sorry man.

 

[xfloggingkylex]

Quick edit - tried to save it but the image quality is just so bad...sorry man.

Id say that is significantly better than the original.

 

[neea]

Quick edit - tried to save it but the image quality is just so bad...sorry man.

They sky is alot smoother than the grainy original.
It is just me or does it look like some clouds were cloned out of the original. I'm sure I can see evidence of this.

 

[TheHooded_Mike]

The clouds weren't cloned out, but they were lost because I used the magic wand tool to select the sky and add a gaussian blur. I tried to adjust the opacity of the effect, but there was so much grain that it needed a dramatic application of blur to cover it up.

 

[a5i736]

Its to dark, but nothing you can't fix in PS. there is also a weird glare in the bottom right hand corner I would get rid of. And the person in the lower left I find very distracting.