Dec 21, 2010
The Eclipse
I had just purchased a telephoto lens. What opportunity could be better than testing it out by photographing the moon! I'd never attempted such before, but I stayed up until the eclipse happened, which was I believe 1-2am. It was really cold, being December...though with the way our winters have been going, it wasn't that bad. Maybe a couple degrees below zero. Regardless, I couldn't really wear gloves as it affected the way I could work with the camera, so I kept darting back inside to warm up my hands every few minutes. The eclipse lasts about an hour so it was a lot of back and forth for a half hour until the moon was fully in shadow.
This was the clearest and best exposed shot that I took that night. It took a bit of experimenting with the settings until I had them correct. I had looked up setting examples online earlier that day, to make sure I could adjust correctly when I needed to, having very little experience working with the telephoto lens. I typically find it pretty easy to adjust my settings now:) A few years of working strictly with manual settings, even in the most common of photographic situations, has definitely increased my confidence.
I love how you can see all of the craters and shadows on the moon in this shot:) Overall, I'm happy with the results and hope to find some time again soon to practice taking these types of photos.
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