The amateur Photographer in me was both excited and disappointed last night. I was ready to take pictures of the fabled "Super Blue Blood Moon" event that occurred on the 31st January 2018.
I charged my camera up, found my tripod and set up my chair.
I was ready,
the moon was out and the lights were off. I lit a joint and sat back and enjoyed the show for a little bit, and let me tell you,
It was absolutely stunning.
Source. (http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-01-31/blue-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-over-australia/9318544)
So, now i'd gotten nicely stoned I decided to have my try at this whole "moon photography" thing everyone complained about getting wrong.
Boy did I overestimate my gear and skill.
I lean in to look at my first shot at I'm left in disbelief, all I managed to capture was a dot in the sky. It was clear that my 55mm lens just wasn't going to cut it this time.
I was going to have to get creative with my cropping if I was to get any kind of decent images.
I zoomed as much as my starter lens could changed my angle and took a few more.
Now I'm getting somewhere.
It is now February the first and I've had time to edit and crop my pictures from last night. Let's see how I went
So, while they not the highest of quality. I'm still proud of the pictures I got. It shown me where I need to improve and given me inspiration for more low light photography.
P.S) I caught a photo of the earths simulation screwing up