Comments on: Howling at the moon http://saunderslog.com/2007/05/29/howling-at-the-moon/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:50:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: MGU http://saunderslog.com/2007/05/29/howling-at-the-moon/#comment-257826 MGU Wed, 30 May 2007 21:12:50 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/05/29/howling-at-the-moon/#comment-257826 Alec, Brilliant, I reckon, but then, I'm your Dad. Alec, Brilliant, I reckon, but then, I’m your Dad.

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2007/05/29/howling-at-the-moon/#comment-257231 Alec Wed, 30 May 2007 10:48:44 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/05/29/howling-at-the-moon/#comment-257231 Makes sense Brad. I've become so dependent on the automatic settings on the camera that it never occurred to me to go back to the basics of sunny/16. Got a couple more days to try it before it's a true full moon, if the weather cooperates. Good luck Jules! Makes sense Brad. I’ve become so dependent on the automatic settings on the camera that it never occurred to me to go back to the basics of sunny/16. Got a couple more days to try it before it’s a true full moon, if the weather cooperates.

Good luck Jules!

]]> By: jules http://saunderslog.com/2007/05/29/howling-at-the-moon/#comment-257192 jules Wed, 30 May 2007 09:47:31 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/05/29/howling-at-the-moon/#comment-257192 Nicely done! I've been struggling with moon shots too - i've now got my tripod at the back door, ready to go, just in case ;-) Nicely done!
I’ve been struggling with moon shots too - i’ve now got my tripod at the back door, ready to go, just in case ;-)

]]> By: Brad Templeton http://saunderslog.com/2007/05/29/howling-at-the-moon/#comment-256995 Brad Templeton Wed, 30 May 2007 06:12:48 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/05/29/howling-at-the-moon/#comment-256995 Exposing the moon is in theory easy -- it is an object in bright sunlight! In other words it is correctly exposed with sunny 16. However, the moon, as it turns out, is made of very dark dust and rock. It only looks bright white to us because we see it when everything else around is dark. Even the white parts are darker than a gray card. So you expose it a stop or two brighter than for sunny/16. But this is why it's so hard to shoot night shots with the moon in the and get anything but an overexposed moon, except during an eclipse: http://pic.templetons.com/cgi-bin/imget?f=brad/pano/midpano/ames-eclipse.jpg Or when the moon is just rising and we see it through the whole atmosphere. Exposing the moon is in theory easy — it is an object in bright sunlight! In other words it is correctly exposed with sunny 16.

However, the moon, as it turns out, is made of very dark dust and rock. It only looks bright white to us because we see it when everything else around is dark. Even the white parts are darker than a gray card. So you expose it a stop or two brighter than for sunny/16.

But this is why it’s so hard to shoot night shots with the moon in the and get anything but an overexposed moon, except during an eclipse:

http://pic.templetons.com/cgi-bin/imget?f=brad/pano/midpano/ames-eclipse.jpg

Or when the moon is just rising and we see it through the whole atmosphere.

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