Gary,
If the image of the moon is big enough in your viewfinder, then you have
the opportunity to go past the sunny 16 rule of thumb. The craters on the
moon are a bit darker than the mountains, which depends on the angles of
the sun, moon and earth observer. Look at it this way: Consider taking a
picture of an elephant, which is a nice grey object. With a nature photo of
the elephant in its habitat I would take the sunny 16 rule. But if I have
the elephant and nothing but the elephant in my viewfinder then I may want
to consider the highs and lows across all that dermis. Note there are thin
areas of an elephant that are "black", like around the eyes and creases.
This is with B&W photography, with slide film, bracketing would do around
average metering.
Andre
Gary wrote:
>George writes:
>
>> I've always had good luck using the "sunny 16 rule" after all, the moon is
>> bathed in sunlight! Just like a sunny day on the Earth!
>
>Interesting. So when Ansel Adams was quoted as saying he just recalled the
>footcandles of the sun in guessing at a Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico shot,
>all he was really saying was "I used Sunny 16." Seems less impressive now.
>
>Gary Reese
>Las Vegas, NV
>
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