How to Photograph Blue Moon Using HP


 For astronomy lovers, the appearance of the blue moon tonight may not be enough just to observe. It's a shame if this rare full moon phenomenon is not captured through photos, at least using a cellphone camera.

It takes some preparation in photographing the full moon. To note, the lens on a smartphone camera is a wide-angle lens so that when a distant celestial object such as the Moon is used, its appearance will look so small.


Pay attention to the tips for photographing the blue moon using a cellphone, quoted from Infoastronomy.org below, so that the blue moon tonight is perfectly captured.



1. Don't use zoom

Some cameras are now equipped with an advanced zoom feature that produces quality shots taken from a distance. However, the feature is only digital zoom.


This feature allows you to zoom in on an image object to make it appear closer, so it's not a true zoom feature like the optical zoom on a DSLR camera. This feature only does a crop on the photos that can reduce the quality.


2. Take advantage of the foreground

Instead of using the digital zoom feature, you can use other photo techniques, namely by including the foreground or foreground. So instead of just focusing on the Moon, you can use the foreground such as trees, buildings, etc. to make the photos more interesting.

3. Turn off flash

Photographing the blue moon phenomenon is photography in low light. For camera settings, start by turning off the flash. Even though shooting is done at night, we don't need flash.


4. Use manual mode

Enter manual mode on the smartphone camera. By entering this mode, you can freely set several important parameters in shooting such as ISO and shutter speed.


5. Set ISO and shutter speed

Next, in manual mode, set the ISO and shutter speed to the lowest number listed on your cellphone screen. This setting is useful so that the resulting image quality can be maximized.


6. Adjust exposure

In addition to ISO and shutter speed, exposure also needs to be adjusted. Currently, there are many HP cameras whose exposure can be adjusted. Exposure adjustment functions to adjust the brightness of the image so that you can adjust the intensity of the Moonlight and the surrounding environment as desired.


7. Use a telescope

To get a large image of the Moon in the photo, photographers need a telephoto lens. But because smartphones can't be fitted with telephoto lenses, we can change the way by attaching them to a telescope.


The telescope functions as a light collector. By attaching the smartphone camera to the telescope, the photos will certainly be clearer. For those of you who want to use a telescope, you need to buy a smartphone camera adapter for a telescope. Attach your smartphone to the adapter and then the adapter is attached to the telescope eyepiece.


Hopefully, the sky will be clear tonight so that the appearance of the blue moon will look clearer and more beautiful. Happy shooting!

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