exposure just after it has risen than when it is high in the sky. Note that these are the same factors that affect the length of exposures when photographing the Moon itself, as well as by the light of the Moon. As with all night photography, the best results are achieved by shooting in RAW mode and confirming the exposure with the histogram and flashing highlight functions. Another way to include the Moon in the landscape is to take two separate exposures and combine them later in Photoshop or other software. The usual technique for this method is to first make an exposure of just the Moon surrounded by dark sky with the camera mounted on a tripod, using the longest available lens. Using your longest lens provides the most flexibility when pasting the Moon into another image because you will not have to increase the resolution of the Moon image to have it appear fairly large in the frame. After you have an image of the Moon, and because the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth due to their synchronous orbits, there's no reason not to use the same Moon image any time you want to use this technique. Although some purists will cringe at the thought, your Moon can now be incorporated into any photograph you like. It is very easy to select the Moon from the image and paste it into another frame, but it does take some skill to apply this technique without it being fairly obvious. For example, a wide angle night view of a city skyline with a gigantic moon filling the sky would not be very believable. It is interesting to note that the Moon appears much larger when it is near the horizon than when it is fully risen. This is an illusion due to the frame of reference provided by the Earth when the Moon is low in the sky. An easy way to confirm that the relative size of the Moon is constant