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Old 27-04-2011, 10:21 PM
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Moonlight colour temperature

I've taken a couple of landscapes by moonlight that I quite like. Since moonlight is reflected sunlight I set the camera's white balance to 'daylight' but I suppose the colour temperature is actually a bit different. They are RAWs so I can correct this. Deos anyone know offhand what the correct colour temperature is?
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Old 28-04-2011, 02:05 AM
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As it is unmodified solar reflections it should still be around the 5800K mark.
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Old 28-04-2011, 06:18 PM
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As it is unmodified solar reflections.....
But is it truly unmodified? If you bounce white light off a coloured surface it is no longer white. The moon may look to be shades of gray but it is subtly coloured so I think it should alter the colour temperature slightly. I agree that the daylight white balance would be very close but I am trying to be a pedant.
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