Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You also have to remember that we think of the moon as "silver" because of its relative brightness compared to the dark of the night. I would open up a bit to put some of that "silver" into an otherwise grey moon. If you are using slow film you have remember the moon is moving at a fair clip, so keep your shutter speeds up. John Collier Oh man! I hope that "moon is larger on the horizon" thread does not start again. > From: "kyle cassidy" <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> > > someone said: > >> Full moon on Halloween!? >> >> Photographers, man your Noctili! > > remember, the sun falls on the moon with the same intensity that it does on > the earth and we're metering the subject, not the black sky around it -- the > proper exposure for a full moon is something more like 500 at f 11 w/ tri-x. > (and why would anybody be shooting anything else?) > > get your twinky lights out if you want some foreground. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html