Sun & Moon Alignment Field Guide

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01 · Before you leave

• Camera body, battery full + sparesStanding around waiting for an exact moment in the cold, with the screen active for framing checks, drains a battery faster than a normal walk-and-shoot session
• The longest lens you own, ideally 400mm or moreThis technique's whole effect, called compression, comes from standing a genuine distance back and using a long lens to fill the frame from there, see the compression calculator below for what your own lens and landmark actually need
• Teleconverter, if you own oneA 1.4x or 2x teleconverter is a cheap way to add real reach to an existing lens for exactly this kind of shot, worth digging out even if it rarely gets used otherwise, it does cost 1-2 stops of light though (a 'stop' is a doubling or halving of the light reaching the sensor, so 2 stops means a quarter as much light reaches the sensor, 2x costs more than 1.4x), so budget for a slower shutter or higher ISO than the settings table below assumes

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What's inside the full guide

• 02Setting up on siteFraming and alignment technique on site, tailored to your setup.
• 03Settings & compression calculatorA compression-ratio calculator worked out for your exact focal length and sensor.
• 04Editing the shotA full editing workflow for your chosen software, raw frame through to a finished image.

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