Re: [OM] Help exposing the moon was Re: IMG: Sunrise, Moonset

[Chuck Norcutt]

For daylight photos we have the "sunny 16" rule which says a proper 
daylight exposure is f/16 at ISO 100 and 1/100 second.  The moon is 
essentially a sunlit landscape but the light has been attenuated by a 
low albedo and the atmosphere.  So the moon version of the sunny 16 rule 
is called the "moony 11" rule.  Your actual exposure will vary depending 
on a lot of factors but if you try f/11 at ISO 100 and 1/100 second as 
your starting point you'll be pretty close.
Chuck Norcutt


On 10/22/2014 4:05 AM, SwissPace wrote:
> Thanks Moose,
>
> I did try with 3 stop bracketing but that was not sufficient to stop the
> moon blowing out, which is why I thought of a graduated filter, I hope I
> will get the chance to take such a photo again.
>
>
>
> On 21/10/2014 19:55, Moose wrote:
> > You can't get both moon, at least any but a sliver, and dark landscape
> > both properly exposed with any sensor any of us has.
> >
> > The way to avoid cheating is to redefine it as I did in a recent post.
> > Two matching shots with different exposures is not cheating; it's
> > focus management. Moving an element to a different place or a
> > different image may be cheating. :-)
> >
> > Definitional Management Moose
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