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This is a discussion on Moonlight exposures within the Photo Tips forums, part of the Photography Information category; I am thinking about going to White Sands National Monument to photograph the full moon reflected from the sands. I ...

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Moonlight exposures - 09-27-2005, 04:45 PM


I am thinking about going to White Sands National Monument to photograph the full moon reflected from the sands. I use film. What might my exposure be?
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09-27-2005, 05:33 PM


The moon just reflects bright sunlight so the sunny 16 rule of thumb works pretty well. That is, at f16 your shutter speed should be 1/ISO. Shoot ISO 100 then use 1/100 @ f16. Now, having said that I've had better luck about a stop brighter, 1/100 @ f11.

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