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First off, I'm a photography novice. I have a very nice point and shoot, which is still a point and shoot. It has all sorts of settings and adjustments I can make manually, but I haven't even begun to try and do more than what the camera will do for itself. (It's an Olympus SP-570)

With that said, it looks like North America is going to be in for a fantastic total lunar eclipse tonight, and I was going to haul out my trusty tripod and camera to see if I can capture the moment.

Any suggestions on how to get the most out of my pictures? Should I trust the "nighttime" or "low light" auto-settings on my camera, or is there a manual way that you pro's out there would suggest? Any and all guidance would be appreciated.

Stark im no pro but I would use manual in this case. If you are able to, use a relatively high ISO, about 800 . You will have to use a low shutter speed but start with something like 1/30 or similar (because of the dark portion) and then go higher or lower and definitely use your tripod, this is one of mine.


The moon by oddesy2, on Flickr

Good info, oddesy. Thank you!

Too bad its invisible from here so a pic would be great

Don't feel too bad, oddesy, 'cause it won't be visible where I am either — because it's snowing!

No snow down here arks, but I may have to contend with cloud cover blowing in from Baja.