Super Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse - Jan 20 - Tips from Nikon

**hark** · 01-18-2019, 03:25 AM

Originally Posted by desmobob

Back on topic...
I forgot to mention I used spot metering to set my exposure and I made no exposure compensation in post. Does it seem a little over-exposed?

Stay sharp,
Bob

Did you use Lightroom or Photoshop for editing? Are any of your whites clipping? If not, then the exposure should be fine. The sun is immensely bright while the dark side of the moon is totally dark. This type of image truly covers a high dynamic range. You could lower the highlights just a tad and see whether or not you like it. But if it isn't clipping (and if it was my choice), I'd leave it. That's just my own opinion.

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**Bikerbrent** · 01-18-2019, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by desmobob

Cindy,
I forgot to mention I used spot metering to set my exposure and I made no exposure compensation in post. Does it seem a little over-exposed?
Stay sharp,
Bob

Perhaps just a touch overexposed. I addition to the spot metering, I use exposure bracketing for moon shots. Also a little post processing could help this slight overexposure.

**Roy1961** · 01-21-2019, 02:41 AM

any tips to shoot thru clouds

been waiting on this and we get a rare cloudy night.

**nikonpup** · 01-21-2019, 05:56 AM

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this is what i got shooting thru the fog and playing in lr.

**desmobob** · 01-21-2019, 07:26 AM

It looked beautiful but was too dim for me to get any decent images. :-(

Super Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse - Jan 20 - Tips from Nikon-_moon_01.jpg

Super Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse - Jan 20 - Tips from Nikon-_moon_02.jpg

I ended up with the ISO cranked to the max and by the time post processing removed the noise, there wasn't any detail left. Oh, and it was exactly 0*F outside and I didn't hang around long to experiment!

Stay sharp,
Bob

**Dawg Pics** · 01-21-2019, 08:09 AM

We had thick atmosphere tonight. Makes for yucky images. I also had to crank my ISO, and didn't care for the results.

**Patrick Molloy** · 01-21-2019, 03:12 PM

shots I took were too poor to put up.

Need more practice
Well done the that posted. very interesting

**Dawg Pics** · 01-21-2019, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by Patrick Molloy

shots I took were too poor to put up.

Need more practice
Well done the that posted. very interesting

You have to have a night of 'good seeing" where, the atmosphere is somewhat stable and no clouds, or fog. We had a lousy night to shoot at the moon. I couldn't get even close to a crisp shot no matter what shutter speed.