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La Luna

allysonmarlow — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:51:18 GMT

I was able to go out on a clear night and try photographing the moon for the first time. Not too bad of a shot. I'm excited to go out on the next blood moon.

Shot on a Canon EOS R6 Mark II with a Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM Lens.

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Re: La Luna

SignifDigits — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:38:12 GMT

Pretty! You'll have to compensate for the loss of brightness on a blood moon. The "looney rule" won't apply as, depending upon the intensity of your eclipse the brightness will fall off and be 1/10,000th to even 1/1,000,000th of what you shot this one at. While our eyes will easily compensate a tripod, tracker, high ISOs, stacking, and bracketing are all techniques to explore for a blood moon. And, of course, the sky has to cooperate. I was all set and it was cloudy this last time. If you want to practice for the blood moon (recommended), you can use ND filters (or cheaper, ND filter gels), or practice on the smallest crescent waxing or waning moons, though the latter will still probably represent more light of a full lunar eclipse.

Re: La Luna

allysonmarlow — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:19:07 GMT

Thank you for the tips! Much appreciated! There's supposed to be a "pink" moon tomorrow, but of course it's supposed to be cloudy and rainy where I'm at. Dang weather!