I'm from Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. Tulbagh is a small farming community.
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The moon is an interesting subject, isn't it? A general matrix metering to get you the 1.6 xecond exposure? You can try a spot meter centered on the light and you will probably be able to get nice detail on the moon and not have them blown away. Just a thought.
@frankhymus Thanks Frank. I must do some more reading up about spot metering, it does confuse me slightly. I had been wondering if it was possible to get more detail on the moon despite having to use a longer exposure time. This shot was taken just after sunset so not fully dark but dark enough that a faster shutter left a very dark sky. I will have to try it out tomorrow evening (as long as the clouds stay away!)
@salza You have the same camera I do. On the info screen, press info again to get you into the slections on the right and bottom, and scroll down to "metering" the third from the bottom. Press OK, and choose "spot" and press OK. Now simply auto focus on the bright part of the moon (put the active red focus point in the bright) and voila, release the shuuter all the way. That will do it for you. yes, the sky will be dark, but you can't have it both ways, the light difference is just more than the camera can handle (more than 7 stops of light difference). If you want it blue, you can edit it back in. And remember, since the moon is just reflecting the sunlight, the "correct" white balance is "sun" but you can play with that for interesting effects too. Good luck!
@salza Oh, and you probably want to put metering back to "matrix" when you are through for your regualr shots. I once forgot and just couldn't work out what was going wrong for almost a day!
