Scroll
/Click
on the Moon Rainbow
Photos above for some night photography tips
A moon rainbow (also known as a
moonbow, lunar rainbow, lunar bow, or white rainbow) is a
rainbow produced by the moon rather than the sun. Moon
rainbows are relatively faint, due to the smaller amount of
light from the Moon. They are always in the opposite part of
the sky from the moon.
How to Photograph the
Moonbow
Doing like the park suggested. A
good and sturdy tripod. Camera with a Manual exposure mode.
F4 aperture with a 4 minute exposure except I'm using 800
speed film instead of the 400 mentioned on
the old
sign
at the park. The park
suggests you use fast film . Flash
photography doesn't
work. Just do a few practice shots on a moonlit night to see
what your camera can do. Digital
works well. It is
difficult for the human eye to discern colors in a moonbow
because the light is usually too faint to excite the cone
color receptors in human eyes. As a result, they often
appear to be white. However, the colors in a moon rainbow do
appear in long exposure photographs.
Current
Camera settings for film
The best place to view
the
moonbow and setup
your camera is the upper level{the lower level is a good
spot, too}, but any place around the waterfall is a good
place to see the moon
rainbow. Make sure
the source of moon light
{the Moon} is behind
you. It depends on where the moon rises and the other
factors on where the moon
rainbow starts and
which direction it moves. The length of the
moonbow viewing time
depends on the moon's path and the other
listed
factors.
Moonbow Photo
tips
The
Full Moon rises at
sunset.

Checklist
for taking a good picture of the moonbow
Predicting
Moonlight Brightness for Night Landscape
Photography

Free
Night Photography Lesson


Cumberland Falls State Resort Park
photography
Taking pictures of the
moonbow
Photographing moonbows
Nature
Photography
Weekend
at
Cumberland
Falls State Resort Park
The
moon rainbow is located near Corbin, KY