The clouds were threatening a no show, but I waited it out to take a few images of the Blood Moon. I now realize why they call it so. It's fitting the full Moon was in the constellation Aries, the Roman God of war, known for the color red.

Taken with my 500mm F5.0 Nikkor mirror lens with a high valued ISO to insure I would also capture stars in the heavens. This was all done manually, focus, framing and shutter choice. Using mirror lock up to settle vibrations then triggered through a cable release. The air was clearing, but not yet fully transparent. I experimented with framing, but ultimately the external stars gave me my border choices.

Feel free to download, just give me photo credit.

eugene spiegel

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