A couple of days ago I had the opportunity to shoot a lunar ecplise.
Lunar Eclipse
There are a couple of things you should keep in mind when shooting celestial bodies.
Believe it or not, they move! Your naked eye may not be able to tell, but your camera will. You need to take your shots faster than 1/50 of a second…. Yes, you read that right…faster than 1/50th. Objects in the night sky are moving fast enough that you won’t be able to get a clean shot, otherwise. You should not see stars that look like streaks in your images. If you do, your image is blurred.
Another thing to keep in mind is that you’ll need a REALLY big lens. This image was created with a 400mm at an L4 setting. And that is still considered be smaller than what should be used. Optimal lens size would be in the thousand range 1000mm or better.
The above shot is still not close enough to meet my personal standards for clear imagery.
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