astrostu
I shoot for the stars
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First off, to clarify, as I just did in another thread ... the moon gets closest to us once every lunar month. The difference about January 10 is that that closest approach (perigee) occurs very close to a full moon (16.5 hrs before full), much like the event last month (Dec. 2008) when it actually happened about 5.5 hrs after the full moon. Because the lunar orbit precesses, the location of perigee and apogee relative to the phase is not consistent, hence why this month it's closest approach is not during the full moon, just close to it.
Yes, the moon and Earth get effectively the same amount of light, no the sunny 16 rule does not apply. The moon has an albedo (reflectivity) of around 8-10% whereas Earth is closer to 25-30% on average. If Earth appeared the same size from the moon as the moon does from Earth, you could cut the exposure in half.
See my lunar photography guide to figure out how to photograph the moon. The few people who have given feedback have said it's helped, and it's been downloaded over 100 times.
here is a question for you ...............
light from the sun is reflected of the moons surface, so..... theoreticly, readings should be taken just like shooting in the day time, right?
i've been trying to shoot that monster for 4 years now, and i still can't get that photo. it's either blown out, lacking detail, halo'd ..... or whatever fault could possibly ruin a photo. i've tried every fstop possible, Av, A-DEP, Tv, P...... heck, i've even tried auto mode with a ND filter. i guess it's my, unicorn. maybe this year will be the one. doubt it, but i'm still going to try.
somebody give me a hint. don't give the answer, i still want to work for it .... lol.
Does the moon and Earth get the same light? Yes. So, Sunny 16 rule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia use the sunny 16 rule, it will be a revelation.
Yes, the moon and Earth get effectively the same amount of light, no the sunny 16 rule does not apply. The moon has an albedo (reflectivity) of around 8-10% whereas Earth is closer to 25-30% on average. If Earth appeared the same size from the moon as the moon does from Earth, you could cut the exposure in half.
See my lunar photography guide to figure out how to photograph the moon. The few people who have given feedback have said it's helped, and it's been downloaded over 100 times.
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