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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Revet" data-source="post: 294468" data-attributes="member: 17612"><p>Great resources for shooting the moon!!  (Isn't that a card game??).   I think I figured out what was going on.  The moon was up about 1 1/2 hours so it was still pretty low in the sky.  In addition, I was trying to illuminate the tree branches I was shooting through.  If my goal was to look at the detail on the moon surface with a lets say a 400 mm zoom, the looney 11 rule would probably be more appropriate.  In the shots I was taking, the moon itself was way overexposed to achieve the effect I was after.  Unfortunately I am the type of person (left brained) when I learn a rule (like in math) I want it to work 100% of the time.  How often does that happen in life!!!!  Thanks all for your help!</p></blockquote><p></p>