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Originally Posted by btaft
It is realy dependent upon the weather conditions. If it is not cloudy or high humidity then you could be surprised just how much light the stars can shine, moon or no moon
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very true, but that illumination will be only on the surfaces facing the light source, everything else will be engulfed in darkness. The water will still be very dark and the sky will be very dark also...dont forget there is no light bouncing off the sky, there si nothing to bounce off of. Any brightness imparted on the sky will be from light being scattered in the atmosphere. There isnt enough light to scatter and have our eyes see without the moon and some haze or visible mositure in the air.
On top of that, star-light may allow you to read a book right in fornt of you, but not enough light will reach your eye bouncing off from a distant object. Basically everything begins to approach the same drab, soft-edged blackness makinging it difficult to see where one object ends and another begins.
Case in point, star-sightings are done at dusk and dawn where its still dark enough to see the stars, but just enough light to still make out the horizon. After that, everything blends together at infinity...unless your close enough to make out the little light that is bouncing off the object.
I dont even like to play night sequences unless its reall night time. I have all the lights off and my face is right up to teh screen. Once i begin IDing and setting up for my shots, I turn off my TV first to make it even darker so i can make out every little thing.