Total lunar eclipse: how to take a good photograph of the November 2022 full blood moon tonight
by Carly Earl from Science | The Guardian on (#65JZN)
Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don'ts of photographing the moon. Tuesday night's total lunar eclipse will be the last one visible from the region until 2025.
- How to see Tuesday's blood moon total lunar eclipse from Australia and New Zealand
- Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast
With a total lunar eclipse and the November 2022 full bloodmoon, also known as a beaver moon, on Tuesday night, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately getting a great photo of the moon is really challenging.
Two reasons: it is very far away and unless you have a telephoto lens (which makes the moon appear closer than it is) it will always appear as a very small glowing dot in the frame.
Continue reading...