Super Flower Blood Moon night of May 25, 2021 over San Francisco 20210525-224258
A super blood moon is when a full lunar eclipse coincides with a supermoon, which is when the moon is particularly close to Earth and appears brighter than normal. I made this hand held photo of one phase of the super moon at 10:22:58 the night of May 25, 2021 after it became visible from the deck of our San Francisco home. This moon was very bright and the first attempt was bit to overexposed for my taste. This was the fourth attempt to capture the image of the Super Flower Blood Moon, though it was not blood colored here. Since it was a cold night, I did not stay outside to see if I could capture a better image. A little mixed up about the times when the moon would be performing its changes, I again ventured outside at 4:15 in the morning as the eclipse was covering the moon. I did not have the patience to try to manipulate settings to allow me to see the image in my viewfinder; that would have meant shooting at a slow speed, even though my Canon Powershot SX50 has a framing assist button to find objects you want to shoot in telephoto mode. Though this image does not convey the extreme brightness of the moon, it does show more moon detail than the brighter shot I took.
I used all manual settings: speed, aperture, ISO, infinity, and spot focus.
Super Flower Blood Moon night of May 25, 2021 over San Francisco 20210525-224258
A super blood moon is when a full lunar eclipse coincides with a supermoon, which is when the moon is particularly close to Earth and appears brighter than normal. I made this hand held photo of one phase of the super moon at 10:22:58 the night of May 25, 2021 after it became visible from the deck of our San Francisco home. This moon was very bright and the first attempt was bit to overexposed for my taste. This was the fourth attempt to capture the image of the Super Flower Blood Moon, though it was not blood colored here. Since it was a cold night, I did not stay outside to see if I could capture a better image. A little mixed up about the times when the moon would be performing its changes, I again ventured outside at 4:15 in the morning as the eclipse was covering the moon. I did not have the patience to try to manipulate settings to allow me to see the image in my viewfinder; that would have meant shooting at a slow speed, even though my Canon Powershot SX50 has a framing assist button to find objects you want to shoot in telephoto mode. Though this image does not convey the extreme brightness of the moon, it does show more moon detail than the brighter shot I took.
I used all manual settings: speed, aperture, ISO, infinity, and spot focus.