Composite Lunar Eclipse

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Comments


Julian Gacek

10 years ago

Thanks, I actually really like the haunted look of your partial stages! It provides for a more organic look. As you can see with my camera settings, I also don't have the luxury of having a super telephoto lens. The full moon and partial eclipse settings were taken at 280 mm with a 200 mm lens and 1.4x extender. However, the full eclipse was taken without the extender at F/4.0, ISO 1600 and T=1s. I needed to remove the extender because it limits the maximum aperture of the lens by 1 stop, and 2s exposures exhibit noticeable blurring from the moon's movement relative to the earth (or vice-versa).

Larry Erlendson

10 years ago

Hi Julian... that is funny that we had such similar ideas. Actually, I saw a photo sequence like this a while back, so I think that just stuck in my head. Plus, with my camera and lens, there is no way I could crop a single shot tighter, so only the collage of shots would look ok. Anyway, I love your sequence... I didn't expose the partial stages properly and you nailed it!

Description
A composite shot of various stages of September 2015's lunar eclipse.
Taken By
Julian Gacek
Taken On
September 27, 2015
Tagged
moon lunar eclipse composite super perogee syzygy
Assignments
Weather, Seasons and Sky Provinces Superstition
  • Focal: 200
  • Shutter speed: 0.0025 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 8
  • ISO: 400

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