4k for moonlight in the desert?

[colfaxrev]

cool yeah i think once I point some mirros and lights onto them i'll get it looking good. thanks for the tips!

 

[starcentral]

Also rent some neutral density grad filters incase you need shots with sky in it. You may need to grade the sky later in post.

 

[RyanT]

Please don't go about rigging a 20x from a tutorial. Bring at least one grip who is truly experienced at rigging these. There are certain conditions under which a good key grip will tell you that it is just plain dangerous to fly a 20x, period.

One is ok, more like two or three. 20x's can be a scary thing and things happen pretty quickly with them.

 

[Ryan-Guy]

You don't want to pull back on the exposure the way that you have now on your day-to-night conversion. Use flags - get a bit more contrast in there, and then simply pull back the highlights slightly and shift the mid/highs a bit to the blue side. Right now it's looking like you actually shot it at night with no lighting at all, and that's not a look to be going for.

Also, most people don't wear sunglasses in moonlight only scenarios.

For grading the day-for-night, one thing you want to be really conscious of is not clipping any large highlights, such as the sky or large parts of the ground. Otherwise you get a matte look which is not very convincing at all. Specular highlights are ok though.

 

[colfaxrev]

Also, most people don't wear sunglasses in moonlight only scenarios.

For grading the day-for-night, one thing you want to be really conscious of is not clipping any large highlights, such as the sky or large parts of the ground. Otherwise you get a matte look which is not very convincing at all. Specular highlights are ok though.

yeah for the real deal I wont be allowing sun glasses haha. any thanks for the tips with the sky and ground!