This was from the Super Blood Moon Eclipse on May 15th. As the eclipse was fading and more and more of the brighter moon surface was showing, I was switching back and forth from shooting some video to taking photos. Hopefully with all the switching back and forth I can still get some decent video footage I can put together. Since the moon was already 75% eclipsed by the time it rose in SoCal, I decided not too worry then about photographing it with the idea of a timelapse, and so that gave me the freedom of mind to be more flexible and switch.
Anyway, this is one of the frames as the eclipse was about 75% over. At this point I was just shooting series of bracketed shots. I set up my bracketing to be 7 shots at 1 stop difference each. That would be enough to give me the bright moon exposed properly, but also it would slow down the shutter enough so the moon would be blown out, but the shadowed area was visible to the camera.
This image is 1st and then the last in a bracketed sequence, so there was 7 stops of light difference between them. The Shadowed area went from Red to a Purple color, I left it that way.
All comments are welcome,
Jim
Nikon D850 in DX Mode
Tamron 150-600mm @600mm
PS. I will also post a wider shot (150mm) of the area I was shooting from. When I decided to go to this park, I went to it because it has a very large area with a lake and a wide grassy area around it. So I knew I could get an unobstructed view of the moon in the immediate area I was setting my camera up. But.... I totally forgot about the super high power lines that unfortunately run right through the park. But once I was there, it was too late to relocate, so I just had to wait (mostly patiently) for the moon to get above the wires. I did shoot it a few times, but the thermal noise was so bad, the moons surface was waving all over the place. So while the wires seemed bad, I really couldn't have gotten any sharp photos of the moon anyway until it had gotten higher in the sky.
1. Shooting location
2. Blood Capped Moon
Anyway, this is one of the frames as the eclipse was about 75% over. At this point I was just shooting series of bracketed shots. I set up my bracketing to be 7 shots at 1 stop difference each. That would be enough to give me the bright moon exposed properly, but also it would slow down the shutter enough so the moon would be blown out, but the shadowed area was visible to the camera.
This image is 1st and then the last in a bracketed sequence, so there was 7 stops of light difference between them. The Shadowed area went from Red to a Purple color, I left it that way.
All comments are welcome,
Jim
Nikon D850 in DX Mode
Tamron 150-600mm @600mm
PS. I will also post a wider shot (150mm) of the area I was shooting from. When I decided to go to this park, I went to it because it has a very large area with a lake and a wide grassy area around it. So I knew I could get an unobstructed view of the moon in the immediate area I was setting my camera up. But.... I totally forgot about the super high power lines that unfortunately run right through the park. But once I was there, it was too late to relocate, so I just had to wait (mostly patiently) for the moon to get above the wires. I did shoot it a few times, but the thermal noise was so bad, the moons surface was waving all over the place. So while the wires seemed bad, I really couldn't have gotten any sharp photos of the moon anyway until it had gotten higher in the sky.
1. Shooting location
2. Blood Capped Moon
