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SHOOTING THE MOON

Roughly every two minutes, the distance the moon moves
across the sky is equal to its diameter. This may not sound fast,
but it does mean that you need to use a fast shutter speed to
avoid blur, particularly when using telephoto lenses. There is no
one correct shutter speed to shoot the moon, as its brightness
changes depending on its current phase; a full moon is much
brighter than when it is half-full (in its quarter-moon phase), for
instance. Using 400 ISO, experiment with exposures of 1/500 at
f/8 for a full moon, 1/250 at f/8 for a quarter moon, and 1/60
at f/8 when the moon is a crescent. Atmospheric conditions
can affect exposure so it pays to bracket, using either a higher
ISO or a larger aperture, to avoid reducing the shutter speed.

THE RESULT CAMERA SETTINGS
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to be circling around Polaris, near the top right corner of the image. S f/5 10 400 AW B
A reasonably high ISO has produced a photo full of stars. min

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