Thotographing the day time moon.

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The moon is full today at 14:36 :geek:

What is the best way to capture it? Am I right in saying i would want a large aperture?
 
Not necessarily: Remember that the moon is just a lump of rock sitting in the sunlight. The "sunny 16 rule applies" (i.e. in bright sunlight a roughly correct exposure for a neutral subject like rock would be 1/125th second at f16). You need a fairly short exposure because it is a moving object. Bracket your exposures and you'll get something useable.
 
DavidBloor said:
The moon is full today at 14:36 :geek:

What is the best way to capture it? Am I right in saying i would want a large aperture?
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The best way to shoot the Moon is when it's not full. A Full Moon looks flat and boring, you need the sunlight to be angled, so you get a lot of shadows.
 
Spug said:
Not necessarily: Remember that the moon is just a lump of rock sitting in the sunlight. The "sunny 16 rule applies" (i.e. in bright sunlight a roughly correct exposure for a neutral subject like rock would be 1/125th second at f16). You need a fairly short exposure because it is a moving object. Bracket your exposures and you'll get something useable.
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A little late I suppose but...

Or just spot meter off the moon. Bracketing might be cool though, given the relative brightness of the background.

To be honest, I'd probably look at a way of getting it in a landscape rather than just shooting straight at it, it'd be far more interesting.
 
hollis_f said:
The best way to shoot the Moon is when it's not full. A Full Moon looks flat and boring, you need the sunlight to be angled, so you get a lot of shadows.
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Totally agree with this, a full moon will look very flat even a couple of days either side will be much better. Here's one from a couple of days ago (but a night shot)

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link to a high res version on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/37669825@N04/6473668547/
 
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