The "Blood Moon"

I sat on a camp stool for about an hour waiting for just the right moment to trip the shutter! The weather was absolutely perfect, for a once in a lifetime image!

Well done!

I think I caught a little dipper in my shot?

carguy said:

I think I caught a little dipper in my shot?

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I think so, when I un-crop my shot I have the same pattern of stars

Here is one I just took.

Not nearly as nice...but hey. I tried.

I tried but only got a blurry image. I used a lot of different settings but always got the "not enough light" problem. However, did not use a tripod as recommended. I think I learned something from the experience but not much to show for it.

My before and after, picked up a few stars on the last shot due to shutter speed

Clouds tonight, bugger!

Rebecca Belknap said:

I tried but only got a blurry image. I used a lot of different settings but always got the "not enough light" problem. However, did not use a tripod as recommended. I think I learned something from the experience but not much to show for it.

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We've all made mistakes, it's just a learning curve.

I remember my 1st attempt at taking a picture of the moon, it was just a white ball in the sky. Keep practising and look at the camera setting's others have used.

moon rise, i was hoping for a full moon to come over the hill. It took about an hour for it to turn all red here.

I waited until 3.30am GMT before I captured this image. D750 & Tamron 150-600 @ 600mm ISO 800 1/10s f6.3

No blood moon here in Australia. but I did capture it last year

STM said:

I sat on a camp stool for about an hour waiting for just the right moment to trip the shutter! The weather was absolutely perfect, for a once in a lifetime image!

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Sorry mate, but this is not tonight's lunar eclipse. Your picture was taken a few days before the full moon. You can clearly see craters and shadows on the surface. You can also see the clear terminator line, unlike in the real eclipse pictures below.

It is a great picture, though!

Rog said:

View attachment 181165 I waited until 3.30am GMT before I captured this image. D750 & Tamron 150-600 @ 600mm ISO 800 1/10s f6.3

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Great shot!

I'm very disappointed. I had been planning for two weeks to drive up on the mountain and stay overnight. Even cleared the location and everything with the park rangers.
Alas... It's been raining nonstop for the last three days and no hint of letting up. As a result, I stayed home and kept dry.

baby steps!

Practice, practice, practice. You'll reap the rewards.

This was after 10 PM CST. I think I balanced it on a stepstool to keep it a little bit stable. At least I got something for all that effort!

Mike150 said:

I'm very disappointed. I had been planning for two weeks to drive up on the mountain and stay overnight. Even cleared the location and everything with the park rangers.
Alas... It's been raining nonstop for the last three days and no hint of letting up. As a result, I stayed home and kept dry.

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I feel your pain Mike.....practiced for several nights with different camera, lenses and then deciding on the right combo started working on the correct exposure(s) had that pretty much nailed down and then when the big night finally came....rained out. :dispirited:

Lots of clouds, but luckily, lots of openings too right up until nearly peak. Then it completely clouded over. This was one of the first few actual uses of my sigma 150-600, so low on experience with that. I'm low on moon experience too. I was totally surprised when the moon got dark. I thought I would just be slowing down the shutter as needed. Apparently the moon moves quickly and 2 seconds is too long to get a sharp shot. I ended up with iso 1600, 1.3 seconds and I tried the new PS shake reduction filter.