This whole discussion made me think of some pictures that I took in Africa. There was a “fingernail” moon, just a tiny sliver, and I managed to get 2 pictures, one with the moon properly exposed to see detail in the tiny sliver that was lit up…
And the second picture exposed for the “dark” part of the moon lit only with ‘earthshine’
Speaking of combining photos in PS made me wonder if I could combine these 2 pictures. Of course, I didn’t use Photoshop, I used the GIMP, but it’s the same principle regardless of the software used.
Here’s what I ended up with…
It’s not a very good job, but I thought it was interesting anyway!