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Old 02-08-2012, 03:03 PM   #13
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Default Shoot the Moon

I think taking a good shot of the moonrise is very challenging. You want to expose for the moon, but most camera's will wash it out because it's trying to expose the dark surroundings. One solution may be to zoom in to the moon, set the exposure and then zoom out keeping the same exposure. The sky will be very dark, but at least your moon will be exposed correctly.

Moonrise is a bright ball surrounded by dark sky. An exposure challenge for sure.

Back in the day of film cameras, I used to do a timed exposure of moonrise with some decent results. Unfortunately the moon actually rises fairly fast so a timed exposure can easily blur.

Having been shooting the moon for a few decades now, I'm impressed with these shots.

P.S. Took a walk with the doggies at about 9 p.m last night and didn't need a flashlight at all. Could have read a book in that light.
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