Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
What I have now is: GoPro Pentax WG-3 gps K-5 IIs DA 1:4 12-24 ED AL [IF] DA 1:3.5-5.6 18-135 mm ED AL [IF} DC WR FA 1:2.8 !00 mm Macro Tamron AF 75-300 1:4-5.6 LD Tele-Macro /1:3.9 My principal concern of course is the weather, then staying up late to see the event. Assuming all goes well, any suggestions as to what might afford to best opportunity to capture the eclipse?
I hear that some folks a Mauna Kea have some awesome telephoto lenses, maybe they'd loan you one?
You seriously are not going to even be able to get close capturing shots of the moon itself that folks with serious gear will be able to do. My suggestion is that you find a place that would have some really nice night time scenery to put in front of the moon and set up some night landscape photos with the moon in the background. It should be in roughly the same place about 40 minutes earlier tonight, so you could go do some test/practice shots.
If you don't want to invest in a cheap tripod, you could make, or buy a beanbag, and set up photos using that and the 2 second delay.
Alternatively, you could just not worry about trying to get an awesome shot of this lunar eclipse, and enjoy the show.
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