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Italian.Stallion
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I know there has already been a thread on this (https://newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/588537/), but I want to know what you guys think would be the best way to take a photo of it.

I'm thinking of either taking a lot of photos to create a sequence or doing a long bulb exposure. Which would create a better photo?
Dec 20 2010 3:30PM
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Rob_G
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I think you should forget about doing a bulb shot because of the earth's & the moon's rotation, it will most likely just be a overexposed smudge. (unless you have one of them fancy astromotortripodthingys) Do a bunch of single shots instead and experiment with different settings and you'll see what works and what not.
Dec 20 2010 6:12PM
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assface
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you guys think filters would make the picture look better? like a polarizer or infared?
Dec 20 2010 9:28PM
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LuminatX
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your going to have to experiment, filters will help.
start out at say a 1 sec exposure, and lowest aperture/iso.
and then work your way up if its too dark, but if your exposure is too long it will be over exposed, and most likely blurry.

you have to take into account the ambient light around you, and also the clouds in the sky, and whatnot.
Dec 21 2010 1:14AM
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fsscott
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well, the first picture to grace ns.

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and if that doesn't work...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53775914@N05/5279854762/

shot with a stock lens on a d90, on a super ghetto setup
Dec 21 2010 3:34AM
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Dec 21 2010 8:31PM
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TPalms
Posts: 859 - Karma: 252
Damn you lucky bastards that actually got to see it. It was cloudy in the fucking midwest and I missed the whole thing.
Dec 21 2010 9:00PM
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PeterWojnar
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It was snowing like no other here, I enjoyed an awesome powder day, though it was at the expense of my sight of the eclipse. Fuck it, I skied shin deep pow, with some spots thigh deep.
Dec 21 2010 9:16PM
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