I took my camera upstairs with me and when I woke in the night, got up to shoot the moon. My inspiration for this venture came thanks to Mike @mikegifford who posted advice in response to a query from another 365er.
The camera: my Sony a6000, hand held (elbows on the window sill).
An OK-ish shot of the beginning of the lunar eclipse was not too difficult to capture. But the blood moon was nigh impossible and I nearly gave up. The actual spectacle was far superior to my photo but at least I have a record of the event.
For this perigee blood moon shot I used f6.3, ss1/20, ISO auto (3200), 1.7 ev, spot metering, 210mm and fill flash.
For years I had a p&s and knew not much about photography. For the last two years I've had more sophisticated equipment and I'm learning all the time, big thanks to 365.
This is awesome, Hazel. I had so looked forward to taking some shots myself, but it was very cloudy over here and the moon never peeked out long enough to get a good shot.
Arthur I think you might have been the most sensible as I got up twice in the night for these shots, spent ages with camera settings for the blood moon before I got it right and had to go back to bed midday the following day!!! Thanks for the comment and fav. I hope you are doing OK.
Quite the effort, but good for you to try! We were cloud-covered over here, so it was very disappointing. Camera settings can be so fiddly, when one is nervous about getting a shot, too. Well done.
Arthur I think you might have been the most sensible as I got up twice in the night for these shots, spent ages with camera settings for the blood moon before I got it right and had to go back to bed midday the following day!!! Thanks for the comment and fav. I hope you are doing OK.
Wendy, it sometimes strikes me that I have been doing 'homework' all my life!! Thank you for your comments.
It was, wasn't it - I got up twice!! Was shattered the following day!