Daytime and Nighttime Moon

[DrJohn]

This was actually more of an experiment. It is very rare to see clear skies in my area. I grabbed the closest camera and shot these photos handheld. I didn't have time to setup a tripod, etc. I found it interesting to see the same moon in daytime and nighttime.

Daytime Moon: Sony A6500, 70-350 mm lens at 350 mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 800, handheld, file size reduced for web.

Nighttime Moon: Sony A6500, 70-350 mm lens at 350 mm, f/8, 1/1600 sec, ISO 6400, handheld, file size reduced for web.

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[jamescooper]

Amazed to see the nighttime moon. Thanks for sharing the camera settings for this shot. Could you please tell me why you use 2 separate ISO speeds for the daytime and nighttime moon shot? Why does ISO speed vary from picture to picture? 

[DrJohn]

I used manual setting for aperture and shutter speed. And, auto ISO.

John

[martti_s]

Nearly full moon is about to set upon the Indian Ocean and I am fighting the urge to go out and take its picture...It is 5:37 a.m.

[thebeardedgroundsman]

Go on...you know you should! Then you can catch the dawn and the morning golden hour as well.

[luckypiglive]

On 9/24/2020 at 4:26 PM, DrJohn said:

This was actually more of an experiment. It is very rare to see clear skies in my area. I grabbed the closest camera and shot these photos handheld. I didn't have time to setup a tripod, etc. I found it interesting to see the same moon in daytime and nighttime.

Daytime Moon: Sony A6500, 70-350 mm lens at 350 mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 800, handheld, file size reduced for web.

Nighttime Moon: Sony A6500, 70-350 mm lens at 350 mm, f/8, 1/1600 sec, ISO 6400, handheld, file size reduced for web.

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its very nice shot. In my country we can see the moon very often, and looks bigger as well but I don't know why exactly looks bigger in some areas and some no.

[XKAES]

Since the moon is always fully lit by the sun, all you need is the f-16 rule to correctly expose for it.

[ben7]

Nice picture. Thanks for sharing