Anyone here ever tried recording a full moon?

[emjen]

Well? Never tried it, don't know if anyone here has any tips of some sort.

I'm going for the classical 'man stands ominous underneath a yet another ominous full moon' image.

[untamed_aggression]

I got this shot for Angry and Moist by just banging the camera on a tripod and pointing it at the sky.

It'd probably be better if you decreased the exposure settings, so there's less glow, but that's the effect I was going for.

[Nigel]

Untamed--
That moon leaves a lot to be desired.....

As for shooting the moon, headlights, fire or anything else that only lights itself. You can do a couple of things--All of which start with tests.

You can expose for the source or as close as you can get to it. This results in everything else being dark.

You can expose for the "Foreground". Levaing the Moon, Etc to be overexposed and bright.

You can split the change by shoooting some tests and seeing how the film reacts to everything and try too get the best of both worlds.

I usually rack my T-Stops and bracket shots like this if the director will let me. Otherwise I will just do it on the sly and hope it works--Often this will leave out critical parts of the shot but oh well...

Good Luck

[miker]

although I don't think it's ever a substitute for in-camera imagery, you could always composite a moon into an empty sky ....

[Tard]

But I wouldn't recommend using a shot of the Dark Side, unless it's a sci-fi movie.