Requirement
Several images
Purpose
To work out the exposure as well as to to discover how the quality of moonlight differs from sunlight
Technical learning
- Very different to photographing the sun or in sunlight as well as the moon itself
- Anything less than a full moon almost certainly will produce an unsatisfactory result
- Light intensity is c 20 stops less than in sunlight (e.g. an exposure of ISO 100, f16, 1/250 in sunlight would translate in to - ISO 800 (3 stops) + f2.8 (4 stops) + x minutes at 32 seconds
- Nevertheless, bracket to allow for fluctuation in light levels and inaccuracy in reciprocity (of duration and light intensity)
- Although the human eye under moonlight sees strongly desaturated colours, the sensor will pick up the natural colours of the scene, creating an 'unreal' scene
Exercise instructions
- Shoot a scene under moonlight, using a tripod and cable release
- Bracket shutter speed to finesse exposure
- Examine the results
Images and review
Exercise not attempted
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