Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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When the sun goes down and the moon comes up. Landscape photographer Chris Nicholson talks about using the soft and cool tones of moonlight to fill the landscape and create images that are more difficult, or even impossible, without the moon overhead.

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-photographingnationalparks.com

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0:00 Intro
3:01 About Chris
4:06 Photographing the moon
8:00 Angle and intensity of moon light
14:49 Exposure
20:00 Moon in frame
25:11 Flare
28:57 Shutter speed
33:14 Moon as a backlight
35:44 Light painting
43:25 Moon bursts
45:07 Clouds
51:38 Polarizers
54:38 Startrails
56:49 Other moonlight opportunities
1:04:12 Closing

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