Moon Over Jefferson

I was out shooting last night, for almost the first time since returning from Arizona (I've been busy). :-) So we're taking a short break from the Arizona images.

 

HELP!!! Please, someone, help me with exposing the moon in a shot like this ... I took a bunch of shots, tried all sorts of different exposures, and in all of them, the moon was over exposed, and the rest of the scene was underexposed. HELP!! What was I doing wrong??

HELP!! Please - I would love to have some input on how to expose a

night scene like this while not over-exposing the moon!! Any

suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

This is where a double-processed single raw blended; or two individual exposures blended works very well. Good composition! Cheers! Chris

I think that I was so impressed with the wonderful detail in the contours of the surface of the moon that were visible last night, yet none of them came through in the exposure. I'll have to play some more with the RAW file..... Thanks for your visit!

Its a very good image Lou Ann. I think you will need to combine two seperate shots to get detail in the moon with detail of the subject.

Very nice shot I love night works I have been off PN so long it is good to see I still have some friends out there.

This evening I have a deep crisis of love for my country (...ha,ha,ha!!!...), excuse me, my dear! Your shot is very...GOOD,...but I must invite you to see our Pantheon in Rome!...If you don't know it you can try with Google or also in my folder "Roma":....Ciaomaualwaysyouritailanfriend!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lou Ann, I have no trouble with the overexposed moon on your picture, the mood is there. If you want to have it perfect, though, here are a few links for you.

 

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/TRIPOD/TRIPOD4.HTM

http://www.dpfwiw.com/moon.htm

 

Best wishes. Peter