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Interesting colors show up in Blood Moon
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Jan 22, 2019 10:27:13   #
RSPB Loc: New York
 
The interesting colors that showed up look very much like the colors I saw that night- the moon was red and blue just before totality. It was an amazing eclipse- just before it started there was a huge moon dog circle all around it- very colorful too. I did not dare take the camera outside because the temp was 2 degrees F. We got 20 inches of snow between Saturday night and Sunday night, I think there were still a lot of snow crystals in the air that made the moon dog look so spectacular, and maybe is why the moon had such unusual colors at eclipse.

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Jan 22, 2019 10:42:25   #
alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ
 
MichaelH wrote:
...2 seconds is nothing when you photograph something so far away...

Two seconds can be a very long time with a 1000mm lens and a dark moon! There will be a lot of motion blur unless you have an Astro Tracker (with a lunar mode preferably). Try a 2 second image of the night sky and see how long the star trails are. The stars (and moon) are moving relative to us because of the Earth's rotation.


Agree 100%

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Jan 22, 2019 11:03:30   #
Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Well done.

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Jan 22, 2019 13:06:50   #
ialvarez50
 
I have been a photographer for 38 years in Chicago and I NEVER would purchase a lens that I cannot or will not use for my business. I used my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM with a 2X tele-extender. I do not see the need for anything else since I photograph things like the moon for my classes and not for business. I know that some people who are not professionals but love photography and have money to spend, purchase lenses that are very expensive cumbersome and heavy, I stick with what I have and just find a way to photograph anything with what I have.

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Jan 22, 2019 13:44:48   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 
Nice--I enjoyed seeing your photos.

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Jan 22, 2019 15:29:30   #
poprock48
 
Very nice

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Jan 22, 2019 16:30:43   #
Mister H Loc: Michigan
 
Fotoartist wrote:
Interesting colors showed up in my Blood Moon in post processing when I just clicked on Auto in raw. I had to subdue some of the resulting cyans and blues because it looked too fake.

These weren't enlarged. They're were shot at 1000mm equivalent focal length. Exposures varied but the peak blood color was f8, 1/2 sec., ISO 1250.

I had the most difficulty because of shooting almost straight up from my location. I wasn't totally equipped for that.

Also, the moon was so dark I almost couldn't see it with my naked eye and there was not a lot of dynamic range to show good detail. And it was 0º Farenheight.
Interesting colors showed up in my Blood Moon in p... (show quote)


Wish I got at least something this good after laying on the ground (straight up was my problem too) at zero degrees. Nicely done.

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Jan 22, 2019 18:18:14   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
Very nice. Interesting regarding the luminance of the moon.

As for the 0 degrees F, I'll bet the moon is colder than that.
--Bob

Fotoartist wrote:
Interesting colors showed up in my Blood Moon in post processing when I just clicked on Auto in raw. I had to subdue some of the resulting cyans and blues because it looked too fake.

These weren't enlarged. They're were shot at 1000mm equivalent focal length. Exposures varied but the peak blood color was f8, 1/2 sec., ISO 1250.

I had the most difficulty because of shooting almost straight up from my location. I wasn't totally equipped for that.

Also, the moon was so dark I almost couldn't see it with my naked eye and there was not a lot of dynamic range to show good detail. And it was 0º Farenheight.
Interesting colors showed up in my Blood Moon in p... (show quote)

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Jan 22, 2019 19:30:31   #
DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina
 
Another nice result.

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Jan 22, 2019 19:47:40   #
scooter1 Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
 
Nice. Can you make a special trip to Yacolt, Wa. to teach me? Lots of mountains and wildlife.
ialvarez50 wrote:
Well, you forget that when you photograph the moon, the rock is so far away that you do not need an f/8. I routinely photography the moon using 200 ISO with the lens fully open. The depth of field in my photos of the moon is fine because the distance is so far away. This image that I am including was from the super moon on 2015, at the darkest point I shot the moon using 200 ISO, f/4.0 at 2 seconds.
Look, if you are interested to try, using these settings next time.

ISO 100
f/16 at 1/125 of a second. You know that this gives you the correct exposure of the moon, right?
So will this.
f/11 at 1/250
f/8 at 1/500
f/5.6 at 1/1000
f/4.0 at 1/2000
f/2.8 at 1/4000
Yes! You can take pictures of the moon without a tripod, with the camera in your hand at 1/4000 of a second shutter speed. This is called “reciprocal exposures”. And I routinely teach this to my students at Truman College in Chicago. I never accept their excuses because until they try it, they cannot tell me that it does not work. I know that many people barely know their camera, much less photography. My students come to my classes because I like to teach them properly, I do not just tell them to do something because I say so. I have been doing this for almost 40 years and there is nothing technical about photography that I do not know and have done myself. That includes anything with a film camera.

I hope you do not take this the wrong way, some people in this group are "very sensitive".

Cheers
Well, you forget that when you photograph the moon... (show quote)



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Jan 23, 2019 03:52:22   #
ialvarez50
 
Sure, send me the airplane round trip ticket and I will go to Yacolt, Wa. No problem.

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Jan 23, 2019 16:51:04   #
scooter1 Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
 
ialvarez50 wrote:
Sure, send me the airplane round trip ticket and I will go to Yacolt, Wa. No problem.



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Jan 23, 2019 19:22:51   #
raymondh Loc: Walker, MI
 

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