A great view of the Lunar eclipse is possible for a large part of the USA, weather permitting.
A couple of illustrations from their article:
To photograph a lunar eclipse, you will have to use a tripod and manually bracket your exposures. Until you actually see it, there is no way of knowing how dark the Moon (Earth's natural satellite) will be, how much haze is in the sky, etc... It could be blood red, reddish brown, or even a brightish ochre.
One thing we do know, if your sky conditions allow for viewing, that allows for digital photography. Up you ISO, keep your aperture about 2 stops down from wide open, and bracket with shutter speeds. Do not expect any auto exposure mode to give good results. After shooting, play on your computer for cropping, exposure fixes, maybe even some minor color enhancement. Be sure to remove as much noise from the image files as your program allows because a night sky image will show all the noise your chip produces.
Enjoy! And may the good views be yours!
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