So, another
lunar eclipse is coming up on August 28th. And it's viewable most places aside from Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia.
From:
NASA
And I'm planning to head out to photograph it with a few people. I'd be interested to know if the people who photographed the March one had any tips or tricks to share.
In the mean time, I've been doing a bit of reading on my own about how to photograph an eclipse, and I've come up with quite a few useful links, though some of them do cover the same information as the others.
One of the first things that I found useful was some hints about how to set your exposure for shooting the eclipse. As part of this, I came across the converse to the
Sunny 16 rule, which is the
Moony 11 rule. So, basically, shooting at f/11 and the inverse of your ISO should get you close to the proper exposure for the moon. Of course, that doesn't necessarily help for when the eclipse is actually happening. But, fear not, there is a guide for lunar eclipse exposures as well (thanks to the really informative
Mr Eclipse's site).
Now those are the technical basics, so now there's a whole lot more links that give a general overview of how to photograph eclipses. There's a lot of information to be had in these sites.
NASA's site has a great link repository that pointed me to a lot of these sites.
Sites like
Starry Skies and the
Eclipse Chaser's site offer a good overview of some of the basics. As does this blog post on
Digital Lunar Eclipse Photography. And
Sky and Telescope offers a 3 page article on photographing the eclipse.
Finally, I got some inspiration from looking at the
winners of an eclipse photography contest on Luminous Landscapes.
I'm seriously excited about the whole thing (geeky as it is), so fingers crossed the weather is clear.
So, what else do I need to know before the eclipse next week?