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So I thought photographing the moon was tough in general but I hadn't taken photos of an eclipsed moon until tonight. Wow what a different story. I had to shoot slow enough that the movement of the earth or the moon was blurring the images. The only partially usable shot was at 1.6 seconds for the dark moon. For comparison, I posted a picture of the moon after the eclipse and was at 1/800th of a second and several full stops higher ISO.
yeah, shooting an eclipse is a lot harder than a normal full moon. there's a company that makes a motor-driven pan head that will move the camera at just the proper speed to track the moon so it won't blur on long exposures, but it runs around $300, probably not a cost-effective investment unless you're really into astrophotography...
yeah, shooting an eclipse is a lot harder than a normal full moon. there's a company that makes a motor-driven pan head that will move the camera at just the proper speed to track the moon so it won't blur on long exposures, but it runs around $300, probably not a cost-effective investment unless you're really into astrophotography...
yeah, shooting an eclipse is a lot harder than a normal full moon. there's a company that makes a motor-driven pan head that will move the camera at just the proper speed to track the moon so it won't blur on long exposures, but it runs around $300, probably not a cost-effective investment unless you're really into astrophotography...
A buddy of mine in California is into astrophotography. He loses me after the first sentence when he starts talking about all the special equipment and techniques he needs to photograph far galaxies.
My moon shots used fairly standard settings: ISO = 100, 1/30 --> 1/100, f/9-13. I'll admit that my shots were of a basically full moon and not of the eclipse. I have until 2033 to practise.
A buddy of mine in California is into astrophotography. He loses me after the first sentence when he starts talking about all the special equipment and techniques he needs to photograph far galaxies.
My moon shots used fairly standard settings: ISO = 100, 1/30 --> 1/100, f/9-13. I'll admit that my shots were of a basically full moon and not of the eclipse. I have until 2033 to practise.
A buddy of mine in California is into astrophotography. He loses me after the first sentence when he starts talking about all the special equipment and techniques he needs to photograph far galaxies.
My moon shots used fairly standard settings: ISO = 100, 1/30 --> 1/100, f/9-13. I'll admit that my shots were of a basically full moon and not of the eclipse. I have until 2033 to practise.
for "normal" full moon shots i start out at about 1/250 @ f/8, ISO 400 in manual mode... depending on how bright it is (or isn't), i vary the settings to get what i want. this one was shot at 1/200, F/8, ISO 200...
this one, actually taken in early evening and darkened in post to look more like night and bump the contrast, was shot at 1/800, f/8, ISO 800...
Those look great Rocky. Nice Photos. I think I'll up the aperture next time because the shutter speed was high enough to do it. With a TC1.4 on, using the len's sweet spot will help improve sharpness.
Those look great Rocky. Nice Photos. I think I'll up the aperture next time because the shutter speed was high enough to do it. With a TC1.4 on, using the len's sweet spot will help improve sharpness.
also, although everyone shoots the full moon, i find that shots of a 3/4 or 1/2 moon come out looking better, because the sun's not face-on to the moon. when the sun is off to one side, as in my second shot above, it casts shadows on the surface, and the craters really stand out...
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