topic Re: Eclipsed Moon in Share Your Photos

Eclipsed Moon

Solaris_Photos — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 03:09:00 GMT

Shot with a Canon EOS Rebel T7i attached to a 400mm f/5.6 Telephoto Canon Lens

Re: Eclipsed Moon

Tintype_18 — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:52:01 GMT

Great photo. What were your settings? I tried the full moon last night at the recommendation of my wife. I have a T7 with the 150-300mm lens; settings are: AV, WB Auto (400), sRGB, Evaluative metering. I could add more but need to download the photo for full description. I could see the "man in the moon" clearly but the review of the photos showed a white disk.

Re: Eclipsed Moon

kvbarkley — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:22:40 GMT

Basically, since the moon is a bright sunlit object, you can start with the sunny f/16 rule.

Practically, your exposure meter is fooled because of all the black surrounding the image, especially if you are at 300mm. You need to dial in about -1 to -2 stops of exposure correction.

Though during an eclipse you need to boost the exposure back.

Re: Eclipsed Moon

Tintype_18 — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:36:14 GMT

kvb, thanks. I thought it was something simple. Hard to read the buttons on the camera in the dark and using the screen of the cell phone to find them. I'm going to look tonight and bring out the Sigma 150-600mm.

Re: Eclipsed Moon

kvbarkley — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:33:25 GMT

I suggest a red light, it won't hurt your dark-vision so much.

Re: Eclipsed Moon

Solaris_Photos — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:01:16 GMT

Hello,

The settings I used varied between the phases of the eclipse. To start off I started with RAW, Daylight, Manual Mode, F/8, and ISO 100 for the full moon. And for totality I switched over to an ISO between 400 and 800, an aperture around f/8, and a shutter speed adjusted based on the brightness of the eclipsed moon, typically ranging from 1/125th to 1 second. I hope this helps can’t wait for the next total lunar eclipse in 2025 !