Here’s one of my early shots from the lunar eclipse last night. I’m still in Tucson and have to drive 9-10 hours today, so I won’t get around to working on the timelapse today.

On my primary camera, a Canon 5D Mark II, I shot a timelapse sequence of the eclipsing moon moving through the sky, as thin clouds moved overhead and the light turned red from the moon’s darkened face:
I can’t wait to see how it turns out, but I have a LOT of driving to do first.

Jeff Sullivan

Jeff Sullivan leads landscape photography workshops in national parks and public lands throughout California and the American West.

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