Moire killing on D70

[Terracotta]

I've got a 100% crop of a problem I'm having...


I've taken this image about 30 times now both jpeg & NEF and I'm still getting this effect, this is a mid-way case, the first was full blown case of maze moire in the tower, dropping the level of sharpening helps, here I've sharpening off. If I use RAW there's almost nothing in the trees but the tower is still just as bad. Bare in mind that I've only got a 50mm f/1.8 at the moment, how would you solve this? As I'm totally stumped.
Here's the full exif data

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[kgosden]

Do you see the moire only on your monitor? I ask as I cannot see anything on my laptop LCD. To my eye both the trees and tower appear similar in sharpness and I see none of the patterning/color shifting I have seen in other moire examples.

[D70FAN]

Originally Posted by Terracotta

I've got a 100% crop of a problem I'm having...

I've taken this image about 30 times now both jpeg & NEF and I'm still getting this effect, this is a mid-way case, the first was full blown case of maze moire in the tower, dropping the level of sharpening helps, here I've sharpening off. If I use RAW there's almost nothing in the trees but the tower is still just as bad. Bare in mind that I've only got a 50mm f/1.8 at the moment, how would you solve this? As I'm totally stumped.
Here's the full exif data

This looks like chromatic aberation (purple fringing), not moire'. If you also see it on the edges of leaves on the trees then it is also CA. This is generally a lens issue, and can be helped, to some degree, by smaller aperture settings.

If you kill the purple/violet in photoshop it should go away.

This is one of the reasons I rarely use 100% crop when reviewing pictures. If you print this picture I doubt that you would be able to see this effect even at 13 x 19.

I use my 50mm f1.8 frequently and have to admit I've not gone looking for problems, but pictures are clean and clear at normal viewing size. I have printed a couple (one of the desert with palms and blue sky) at 13 x 19 and they look great. If there is CA (or even minor moire') it doesn't make a difference in the print.

Advice: Don't look at your photographic creations at 100% crop.