Clear skies and a early eclipse prompted a lot of shutter-bugs (photogs) to take to the skies to capture this beautiful phenomenon. Given the fact that most lunar eclipses that i know of usually happen late at night (around midnight) this was a lovely opportunity to shoot the lovely moon.
Normal moon photography is not too much of an issue, as the settings are more or less fixed,
but this was the first time I shot a Lunar Eclipse and it was a couple of hours of experimentation that went into the whole thing. While the normal moon photographs like the one above and below were take with the following settings,
F/11, Shutter – 0.05 seconds (1/20), ISO – 400, focal length – 300 mm.
But these looked like photos of a normal moon, a bit orange – red coloured, but otherwise normal, while the moon i was seeing was awesome…. so once I tried to show the eclipse, as I was actual seeing it, I was stumped. Trying to get the parts in shadow meant that the lit part was over-exposed.
But persisted with different settings, and finally got some good pics….
Got a nice one of the total eclipse….
and finally the total eclipse….
And the return of light :-)
awesome shots!
ReplyDeleteWhoa !!! This is more amazing than I initially thought ! I guess I will have to get the 300 mm ?
ReplyDeletebeautifully captured!
ReplyDeleteVery nice santosh!
ReplyDeleteAwesome indeed! Very well done!
ReplyDeleteNice pics .
ReplyDeleteWell done Santa! That's a great attempt
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing this in the sky -two days back .Nice to meet a fellow bureaucrat doing his own thing !
ReplyDeleteNice Pics Santosh!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots...!!!
ReplyDeletelovely captures
ReplyDeleteFor those of us who missed the Lunar Eclipse - this was more than welcome.
ReplyDeleteLoved how you captured the change of colour, from a dull brown to a mellow orange.