Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse tonight

Ron Carlson

Senior Member
Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse tonight!!! From what I understand, you will only be able to see it in the Americas. It starts 2 am on the East coast 11 pm in my area. Will be using my D7100 and 55-300mm (wish I had at least a 1.4 tele!). I've shot stars and the moon during dusk. Any camera setup suggestions for shooting the moon when its super bright? I have ND filters but not sure it they will help???????
 

Dave_W

The Dude
As for settings, I suggest you use spot metering and shoot it in RAW format since no one is quite sure what temperature the "blood" moon will be.
 

singlerosa_RIP

Senior Member
I shot the Super Moon with my D7000 and 70-300 @300, ISO 100, f/16 and 1/20 sec, spot metering in June of last year. Rather than getting up in the middle of the night, I'm thinking about coloring this one red.:rolleyes:

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iamntxhunter

Senior Member
Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse tonight!!! From what I understand, you will only be able to see it in the Americas. It starts 2 am on the East coast 11 pm in my area. Will be using my D7100 and 55-300mm (wish I had at least a 1.4 tele!). I've shot stars and the moon during dusk. Any camera setup suggestions for shooting the moon when its super bright? I have ND filters but not sure it they will help???????

If your shooting off a tripod be sure to turn your VR off.
 

Vixen

Senior Member
We'll be able to see it in Aust too but at 5.45pm, which is a much more civilised hour :D Just hope a) the clouds disappear before then and b) I actually remember it is going to happen. :D
 

mustang

Senior Member
I've got the 80-400 tokina on the d7000
and the 70-200 afs with a tc-20 2x converter on the 7100
now will I be awake , or snoozin in the lawn chair in the backyard ? ;)
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
Set your white balance at 4760K. And do test shots before as the light metering will be off... a lot. Don't overexpose, easy to do, and lose the detail. I'm planning to shoot with both my D600 and D7100. Each has advantages.

Don't forget to weight your tripod and I'm also going to rest something with a little weight, maybe a bad of rice, on the camera to help weight it down for the longer exposures during the actual eclipse.

UV filter off if you have one one. Lens hood on.
 
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Tyler

Senior Member
I shot the moon before a long time ago but cannot get the details in it again? What settings should I be looking for? Help please guy's! Lol
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
@Tyler You can mouse over my picture to see the exif data for setting your camera up. Set the white balance to Sunlight.

If you are tripod mounting I use the timer delay so that I get zero movement of the camera.
 

Tyler

Senior Member
Mines set up outside right now on a tripod 2 second delay iso 100 f 10 shutter speed around 500 I believe. It's super bright out there and not a cloud in the sky! Oh and I'm on my phone and can't figure out how to see exif on my phone
 
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