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Total lunar eclipse May 26, 2021 a pity to pass it up. Astronomy lovers may not just watch it, but want to capture it through camera shots. The following photographing tips moon eclipse, you can use a cellphone too.
Some preparation is required in photographing a lunar eclipse. To note, the lens on a smartphone camera is a wide-angle lens so that when a distant celestial object such as the Moon is used, its appearance looks so small.
Pay attention to the tips quoted from Infoastronomy.org below so that the May 26 total lunar eclipse is perfectly captured.
1. Do not use zoom
Some cameras are now equipped with advanced zoom features that produce quality shots taken remotely. However, this feature is only digital zoom.
This feature allows you to enlarge the image object to make it appear closer, so it is not an actual zoom feature like optical zoom on a DSLR camera. This feature only crops the photos which can reduce the quality.
2. Take advantage of the foreground
Instead of using the digital zoom feature, you can use other photo techniques, namely by including the foreground or foreground. So instead of just focusing on the Moon, you can take advantage of the foreground such as trees, buildings, etc. to make the photos more interesting.
3. Turn off the flash
Take a picture total lunar eclipse is photography in low light. For camera settings, start by turning off the flash. Even though the shooting is done at night, we don’t need a flash.
4. Use manual mode
Enter manual mode on the smartphone camera. By entering this mode, you can freely set some important parameters in shooting such as ISO and shutter speed.
5. Atur ISO dan shutter speed
Next, in manual mode, set the ISO and shutter speed to the lowest number listed on your cellphone screen. This setting is useful so that the resulting image quality can be maximized.
6. Adjust the exposure
Apart from ISO and shutter speed, exposure also needs to be adjusted. Currently, there are many cellphone cameras whose exposure can be adjusted. Exposure adjustment functions to adjust the brightness of the image so that you can adjust the intensity of the Moon light and the environment you want.
7. Use a telescope
To get a great picture of the Moon in the photo, the photographer needs a telephoto lens. But because smartphones cannot be attached to telephoto lenses, we can change the way by attaching them to the telescope.
Telescopes function as light collectors. By attaching the smartphone camera to the telescope, the photos will certainly be clearer. For those of you who want to use a telescope, you need to buy a smartphone camera adapter for the telescope. Attach your smartphone to the adapter then the adapter is attached to the telescope eyepiece.
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Total lunar eclipse May 26 can be witnessed in all regions of Indonesia without the aid of optical devices. The peak of this total lunar eclipse occurred at 18.13.30 WIB / 19.13.30 WIT / 20.13.20 WIT.
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