This is a series of photos that I shot of the “blood Moon” Solar Eclipse very recently. I set a Canon 5D Mk3 with a 70-200 mm lens. I used an intervalometer to take a photo every minute. It was set at ISO 400, f22 and 1/30 second exposures. When the moon was in eclipse I increased the ISO to 1600. The whole things lasted just a little over 3 hours.
I then selected several of the photos that showed different stings of the eclipse and dropped them onto layers in Photoshop. I changed the blend mode to lighten, to show them all and then positioned them. I didn’t touch the exposure or contrast of the out of camera shots.
The reason the full eclipse turns red (blood moon) is because when the moon is in the earth’s shadow with the sun behind fit, it reflects all of the earths sunsets at the same time. There hasn’t been a full lunar eclipse in this area for a decade. The next one will be this coming October.
PhotoshopCAFE awarded the best DVD of the year from PPA Lightroom 5 For Digital Photographers training was awarded the coveted Hot One Award for 2014. This is the 2nd time this Lightroom training series has won this award (2011 for the LR3 version). We work very hard to make sure our training is the best … Continued
Design Challenge 13 winners and Finalists announced I’ve been busy this morning (and this weekend), going through all the great entries we just received for our contest. There were so many good ones, it was hard to choose only 30 finalists. Every year we have our big design challenge and the entries are always great. … Continued
(update) The tour is is full swing!! See the page here So, I’m heading out on the road this summer. I’m excited about the upcoming tour. It’s a Route 66 themed event. There will be full day seminars across the USA, where people will get to really learn Photoshop CS6. All the new features will … Continued
