tonite's "blood moon"

[squirl033]

just a shot of the moon during the eclipse tonite (9/27)... lot of haze low in the sky, by the time the moon rose high enough to be clear of the haze, totality was almost over.

 

[Joemeche]

Very nice, Rocky. Same problem here with the haze.

 

[Bill Anderson]

Good shot, Rocky.

 

[BobH]

just a shot of the moon during the eclipse tonite (9/27)... lot of haze low in the sky, by the time the moon rose high enough to be clear of the haze, totality was almost over.

Nice one! I had the exact same problem. That looks pretty sharp, what settings did you use?

I spent a good bit of the eclipse teaching myself lunar photography by trial and error. I plan to write up what I learned soon.

 

[BobH]

Here's the two shots I like best from my attempt:

By the time I got anything worthwhile, totality had already ended.

 

[squirl033]

Nice one! I had the exact same problem. That looks pretty sharp, what settings did you use?
I spent a good bit of the eclipse teaching myself lunar photography by trial and error. I plan to write up what I learned soon.

thanks, Bob... mine was shot at about 1/2 second, f/6.3, ISO 800 with the Tammy at 550mm. the haze really limited what i could get until totality was almost over.

 

[squirl033]

Very nice, Rocky. Same problem here with the haze.

Good shot, Rocky.

thanks, guys!

 

[BobH]

thanks, Bob... mine was shot at about 1/2 second, f/6.3, ISO 800 with the Tammy at 550mm. the haze really limited what i could get until totality was almost over.

Sounds like we were in agreement on just about everything. When it finally got bright enough to be down towards 1/2 second, I was able to get some shots without too much blur.