Early Tuesday morning, I drove northwest of Peoria, IL to escape the city lights (light pollution) to better observe a lunar eclipse. I never have had the opportunity to photograph one of these events so I decided it was time to give it a shot on this night. It was a terrible April early morning to be outdoors however with temperatures near freezing which made photographing this event more subdued. Tired and freezing my behind off I decided to just photograph the beginning portion of the eclipse this go around. I do need to get a more higher-end telephoto-zoom lens I found out first-hand on this night as I was using my Canon 5D Mark III along with my Canon EF 70-300mm f4.0-5.6 IS lens. I'll be upgrading that lens down the road as I wanted a little bit better quality especially after cropping. All of these photos were cropped and I also used Photoshop to put together the beginning of the lunar eclipse sequence as well. I've added a few photos below:
I'm sure it would freak some out!
photos above in Photoshop...Pretty cool what you
can do with some editing!
It was fun to try something "different" for a change and I'm sure the next go around I'll be much more prepared with a even better telephoto-zoom lens. I'll be posting more over the coming weeks as spring begins to bring severe weather to the Great Plains and Midwest after a very slow start to the chase season. Stay tuned.
