Wild Fire Blood Moon 2017

Visited September 2017

Helpful Tips

What to Bring

Camera, tripod, intervalometer or off camera trigger, creativity

Notes

Get there at 8:30 to set up any foreground ideas, a water feature and a wide angle may really be cool. With my 600mm on a full frame, I tried 1/125, 1/100, and 1/50 of second. I bracketed at every iso I tired. started and 6400, 3200, 1200, 800, 400. For me I sort of liked 400 but the speed really suffered. I would like to go back and try it at f11, 1/60 of a second and see what ISO lands it but I am concerned about loosing detail with the high Iso. However, it has to be tried. Update: The second night I went higher in hopes to get the reflection but a large Bull Moose stopped me.

Location
Elk Ridge Park, Utah
Address/Coordinates
North Logan, UT, United States: 41.7693747, -111.8046654
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There may be another chance to get this tomorrow evening between 8:30 and 9:00 pm if you are in Northern Utah. With Montana burning and now the Wasatch Front we have an unscheduled Blood Moon. I shot this at iso 400, F 6.3, 1/50 second, 600mm, Canon 6d, on a carbon fiber pod, stacked 6 photos and took the median in Photoshop to reduce the noise. The moon is reddest the lower it is  the sky. Good luck!

About John
From hiking the Tetons, snowmobiling the Bear River Range, living all over Asia, to exploring my back yard I just love to take in life.
Hometown: Logan, Utah, United States
Languages: English
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Helpful Tips

What to Bring

Camera, tripod, intervalometer or off camera trigger, creativity

Notes

Get there at 8:30 to set up any foreground ideas, a water feature and a wide angle may really be cool. With my 600mm on a full frame, I tried 1/125, 1/100, and 1/50 of second. I bracketed at every iso I tired. started and 6400, 3200, 1200, 800, 400. For me I sort of liked 400 but the speed really suffered. I would like to go back and try it at f11, 1/60 of a second and see what ISO lands it but I am concerned about loosing detail with the high Iso. However, it has to be tried. Update: The second night I went higher in hopes to get the reflection but a large Bull Moose stopped me.

Wild Fire Blood Moon 2017
Wild Fire Blood Moon 2017

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