Lunar Eclipse tonight

[jgjbowen]

Any tips for photographing this evening's Lunar Eclipse?

I plan on shooting transparencies with the Nikon.

Thanks in advance,

John

 

[Edwardv]

No and yes. Go to a location where there are no city lights, use a 400 or 500mm lens, fast film speed, take different time exposures and hope for the best. As for me I will be watching from my deck enjoying the event.

Good luck.

 

[Flotsam]

A couple of years ago there was a Lunar Eclipse. I started to hassle with getting it together to photograph it but finally decided to leave the photography to those with the necessary equipment and expertise.
I bundled up and relaxed in my back yard with a cup of Hot Rum and Cider, listened to some appropriate music from my minidisk player and just enjoyed the show. If I had been dealing with the technical stuff, I would have missed all of the subtle changes and the beauty of the event.

 

[kraker]

Any tips for photographing this evening's Lunar Eclipse?

I remember two tips from 15+ years ago when I shot one:

1. required exposure times are a lot shorter than I would have guessed. Obviously, don't rely on your exposure meter, unless you have a telelens and spot metering. And even then: bracket, mainly towards even shorter exposure times.

2. If you don't develop the film yourself, ask the minilab/proflab/... to NOT cut the negatives/positives. It's hard -or impossible- to tell where one frame ends and another starts; best to do that yourself. I ended up with quite some "half" slides because I didn't ask them not to cut the film...

 

[copake_ham]

I was hoping to shoot a couple of shots tonight - but it's an overcast day and doesn't look like it will clear up.

 

[catem]

Anyone in the U.K. - get off that keyboard and take a look right now. It's covering nicely, a fantastically clear sky and view here in London.

Wonderful.......

 

[jgjbowen]

Thanks to all for the advice.

 

[arigram]

Beautiful really

 

[vanspaendonck]

Untill the clouds came in, I took a couple of shots with (1) Bronica EC + Nikkor 250 mm. + 2x tele converter on Fuji NPH 400 @ 125/8 and (2) Leica M2 + Visoflex III + Telyt 200 mm on Fuji Superia 200 @ 125/8, in both cases increasing aperture as the moon got smaller. Did a bit of bracketing. We'll see how these shots come out. There will be another lunar eclipse in August, but you have to live in the Pacific region to catch it.

 

[ccbob]

Maybe some useful info:

http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html

 

[copake_ham]

At the last minute the eastern sky here cleared and we got a good visual of the Eclipse (about 95% here).

Unfortunately, no time to get the camera gear going - but enjoyed the "show"!

 

[Flotsam]

WHEW!
I just looked out the window and the Moon has returned.
I guess that the Moon God accepted my Goat as an offering.
Close call.

 

[bwakel]

We had good clear skies for the first half of the eclipse but I found myself standing in thick fog for the second half! Still, I managed to shoot a good sequence with my, ahem, DSLR.

If you're interested I've posted a small version to my website:

http://www.lightwork.me.uk/News.html

The full version's about 210 Megapixels.

Barry