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Umbral Shadow May 26 Lunar Eclipse, Charles Brooks

Umbral Shadow May 26 Lunar Eclipse

Umbral Shadow May 26 Lunar Eclipse, Charles Brooks

Umbral Shadow May 26 Lunar Eclipse

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The Umbral Eclipse at the start of the total Lunar Eclipse of May 26.

Shot in Waitawa Regional Park, New Zealand.

What an extraordinary evening that was!

Due to the extreme dynamic range it was impossible to capture this in a single shot - so this is two series of photos combined.

One stack exposed for the light side of the moon, another stack for the dark side and stars.

Shot on a Lumix G9 with the 100-400mm lens @ 400mm

The light side was shot at 1/100th of a second

The dark side at 1 second

Both shot at f/8, ISO 200

Both shot using High-Res mode which takes 8 rapid shots while pixel-shifting to create a higher resolution image (in this case 90 megapixels)

The camera was mounted on an iOptron Sky Guider Pro to track the moon throughout the night.

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Umbral Shadow May 26 Lunar Eclipse, Charles Brooks