How to take a good photograph of May’s lunar eclipse and super blood moon with a phone or camera
by Carly Earl from on (#5J931)
Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don'ts of taking photos of the supermoon
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With a super blood moon rising on Wednesday, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph of May's total lunar eclipse and full moon, but unfortunately the moon is really challenging to get a great photo of.
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.
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