So I did a little research on how to take pictures of the moon, which is surprisingly tricky, even though it's pitch black outside you're still taking a picture of a great big light source, so my shutter speeds were actually similar to a daytime photograph. When I was reading about this it didn't make sense to me so I went out with more of a trial and error approach. After about 20 minutes of internal panic because I was taking pictures of just a great big ball of light and the eclipse was underway I decided to employ the advice of my research, and sure enough, the people who were experienced in this subject knew best! Shocking!
I ran back and fourth from the car to the camera every ten minutes for about an hour and a half to capture this lovely little stepped eclipse shot.
We were expecting a blood moon where the moon turns red after it disappears but the sun was rising and the moon set over the horizon before we saw any of that. Oh well.
It was a fun night, and now I'm even more excited to take some pictures of stars and to try some more moon photos, next time I'll frame my shot a little better and have something a bit more exciting to look at. In the meantime, if you missed the eclipse I've brought to to you.
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| It's more interesting if you zoom in. |
