Moonset on the River

[PixelRabbit]

I was lucky tonight and looked out the window at the right time. The moon was setting shortly after sunset I had a few minutes so I went down to the river to get some shots before Mr. Rabbit got home from work. Given more time I would have brought the tripod and settled in to shoot it until it set.
I bracketed and these were my brightest exposures that I was happy(ish) with the amount of noise.
Would love to hear your thoughts
Thanks for taking a look.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Posted this late last night so wee bump while I enjoy my coffee and see what happened while I was sleeping I find these dark shots very hard to judge myself so would love to hear your thoughts!

 

[theraven]

I definitely prefer the dark one, the top one is a bit too dark on the left for me, seems to not have any detail. I do love the bottom one though!

 

[Designer]

The sky portion is o.k., so why not try a tighter crop?

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks Jenna

Designer, I actually did take a couple framed tighter without water but wasn't thrilled with the compositions, I'll post one in a few when I'm done my coffee and go back inside.

 

[Derrel]

I think these might have a bit more impact if the dark portions were just a little bit lighter...just a little.

 

[theraven]

I agree with Derrel ^ Maybe just a tad, did you shoot them in RAW, would be simple to pull them out a little?

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks Derrel.
Here it is brought up about 1/2 a stop.

Before





After

 

[PixelRabbit]

Designer, here is the shot w/o water. This was the best I could do from my vantage point, there is a spot upriver a bit that would have given me a nicer angle but I would have had to do some bushwacking to get there and it was almost dinner time

 

[theraven]

I think I prefer it with the reflection in the water, it gives it more depth...