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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 151050" data-attributes="member: 12496">Welcome to the forum.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; A good book that every beginner ought to have is Bryan Peterson's Understanding Exposure.&nbsp; Your public library probably has a copy.But the moon is special.&nbsp; Your moon was just greatly overexposed.&nbsp; The moon is illuminated by the sun (same as here), and a normal daytime sunlight exposure is about right.&nbsp; However, the camera automation sees all the black of night sky, and tries to make that black be bright.&nbsp;&nbsp; So for the moon, Manual exposure will be necessary.&nbsp; &nbsp; Trial and error exposure - if still overexposed, crank the exposure down and try again, and keep going until you reach a more typical daytime exposure.&nbsp; Keep going too far first time, to be sure you understand the situation.Here is a good starting point, with an exposure chart:<a href="http://dpfwiw.com/moon.htm" target="_blank">Shooting the Moon</a>Some such exposure charts specify f/16.&nbsp; f/16 is hardly necessary for the moon, depth of field is not a concern.Also see<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=moon+photography" target="_blank">moon photography - Google Search</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 151050, member: 12496"] Welcome to the forum. A good book that every beginner ought to have is Bryan Peterson's [I]Understanding Exposure[/I]. Your public library probably has a copy. But the moon is special. Your moon was just greatly overexposed. The moon is illuminated by the sun (same as here), and a normal daytime sunlight exposure is about right. However, the camera automation sees all the black of night sky, and tries to make that black be bright. So for the moon, Manual exposure will be necessary. Trial and error exposure - if still overexposed, crank the exposure down and try again, and keep going until you reach a more typical daytime exposure. Keep going too far first time, to be sure you understand the situation. Here is a good starting point, with an exposure chart: [URL="http://dpfwiw.com/moon.htm"]Shooting the Moon[/URL] Some such exposure charts specify f/16. f/16 is hardly necessary for the moon, depth of field is not a concern. Also see [URL="http://www.google.com/search?q=moon+photography"]moon photography - Google Search[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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