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03/16/2025

The First Total Lunar Eclipse Since 2022 (I’m so glad they’re back! 🥳)

A bit about why this shot matters to me: Total Lunar Eclipses are one of my favourite photographic subjects. They happen so infrequently, each experience is unique, sticking in my mind for years.

The last time I shot a total lunar eclipse (in 2022), I was stuck in a job that was burning me out. As I sat under the eclipse of 2022, I had hours to watch one of the most incredible natural phenomena that Earth has to offer, reflecting on the changes I could make to my life.

Now, 3 years later, I’ve quit my job and am pursuing the life of my dreams as a creator, artist, and educator (on YouTube). Shooting the 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse brought me right back to the place I was 3 years ago, reflecting both on how grateful I was to be in a much better place than I was during the last eclipse, and that the clouds stayed away for this magical experience.

If you want to see a high res version of this image, it is available on my darkroom printshop: https://wanderloots.darkroom.com/products/moon/1647965

Each image is a single shot, not HDR. I selected images that were on the cusp of being blown out/underexposed to try and display the full dynamic range, aligned to illustrate the shadow of the Earth (the umbra).

I hope you like it!

I used to plan the shots, Sony a7iii, 100-400 mm lens and 1.4x teleconverter, and Star Adventurer 2i with an equatorial mount for tracking.

EXIF: f9-f11, ISO 100, 560 mm, shutter speeds ranging from 1/250 —> 20 s

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03/15/2025

Yesterday’s Total Lunar Eclipse - The First Since 2022 🌙

Here is a quick edit of the major phases of the total lunar eclipse. Swipe right to see them all, and stay tuned for the high res edit and timelapse 👀

An eclipse occurs when the sun moves behind the Earth, casting the Earth’s shadow on the surface of the moon. The red colour comes from light refracting through the Earth’s atmosphere and experiencing Rayleigh scattering. The blue colour comes from light passing through the ozone layer of the atmosphere 🤯

This scattering is the cause of the bright red colour and also why sunrises and sunsets are colourful. You can think of the phenomenon as the sun casting infinite sunrises and sunsets onto the surface of the moon. 😌

I used to plan the shots, Sony a7iii, 100-400 mm lens and 1.4x teleconverter, and Star Adventurer 2i for tracking.

If you want to learn more about how I shot the eclipse, please check out my blog at www.wanderloots.com (link in bio). The timelapse will be available on my YouTube channel soon! ()

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05/11/2024

My First Aurora Borealis ✨

My mind is blown at the light show in Jasper tonight 🤯

It’s been a dream of mine for years to see the aurora and I never expected to see it this late in the year.

Everywhere I looked, the light was changing in different and beautiful ways 😌

Here are a few unedited iPhone shots from tonight ✨

Stay tuned for the timelapses 👀

04/10/2024

3 & 1/2 Minutes of Totality ☀️ 🌑 🌎

Monday’s total solar eclipse was one of the most surreal and awe-some moments of my life 🤯

I drove to Long Point, Ontario to get as close to the centre of the path of totality as I could, giving me an additional 1.5 minutes in the shadow of the moon. I was incredibly fortunate to be able to spend 3.5 minutes in totality for Monday’s Total Solar Eclipse.

During this time, I managed to take over 400 photos of before, during, and after totality, exposing for different features of the eclipse.

Here are a few of my favourite shots showing these features ✨

Note: all photos are unedited except for the image of the prominences (pink flames) which I sharpened and reduced noise so you can see them better. It’s incredible to me that these are the raw shots 🤯

1) Diamond Ring, moment before totality
2) Diamond Ring (higher exposure)
3) Totality, showing the outer corona
4) Totality, showing prominences
5) Totality, close up of prominences
6) Bailey’s Beads, moment after totality
7) Diamond Ring, moment after totality

Prominences are formed of plasma ejected from the sun, manipulated by magnetic fields. I could see them with my naked eye 🤯

Which photo is your favourite? I’m working on editing them now and would love to hear your thoughts 🫡

EXIF Data
1/4000 - 1/10 s
f8.0
ISO 100
560 mm

Sony a7iii 100-400 mm 1.4 x teleconverter
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Pro Tracker

04/08/2024

☀️🌑🌍 Today’s Total Solar Eclipse ✨

After a few hours without service, I’m finally able to share a quick shot of today’s eclipse 😌

People told me that totality was unlike anything else they’ve ever seen… they were right.

I can still see the moment of totality without closing my eyes, it feels incredibly surreal 🤯

Stay tuned for more shots, this is just a quick one exported from my camera on the drive home.

Thought you might like to see🫡

10/30/2023

🌕 Saturday’s Full Hunter’s Moon 🌕

The clouds held off just long enough for me to capture a time-lapse of the full Hunter’s moon rising over the horizon this weekend.

Moments after the third moon shot was taken here, the clouds rolled in and provided a spooky effect over the rest of the Timelapse (coming soon).

This is a composite of three single images with the moons in their original location ✨

If you would like to learn more about how to shoot the moonrise, I have a guide on how to shoot the moon in my link in bio 🌕

Equipment:
Sony a7iii, 100-400 mm with 1.4 x teleconverter

More details on equipment can be found on my website at wanderloots.com

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10/28/2023

Lunar Eclipse Tonight 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

Depending on where you are in the world, you can see a partial lunar eclipse tonight.

If you are interested in learning to shoot the eclipse, I have a guide in my link in bio.

Since I will be unable to see the eclipse in Toronto, I decided to re-edit my last lunar eclipse to see if I could improve the quality.

This is the Beaver Blood Moon from November, the last total lunar eclipse until 2025 ✨

An eclipse occurs when the sun moves behind the Earth, casting the Earth’s shadow on the surface of the moon. The red colour comes from light refracting through the Earth’s atmosphere and experiencing Rayleigh scattering.

This is the cause of the bright red colour and also why sunrises and sunsets are colourful. You can think of the phenomenon as the sun casting infinite sunrises and sunsets onto the surface of the moon.

I used to plan the shots, Sony a7iii, 100-400 mm lens and 1.4x teleconverter, and Star Adventurer 2i for tracking.

If you want to learn more about how I shot the eclipse, please check out my blog at wanderloots.com (link in bio). The timelapse is available on my YouTube channel.

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