Lunar Eclipse

Probably everyone noticed: there was a lunar eclipse last night. I happened to wake up shortly after four and of course had to check the situation from the balcony. A starry sky – so back inside to fetch the camera. The funny thing about the picture is really the technique behind it: the lens was a roughly 40-year-old 135 mm lens from East Germany (Pentacon), and because the tripod was still in the car, a Leica lens had to serve as a tripod. It was the total lunar eclipse of 28 September 2015, the last of four in a row; because the moon was almost at its closest point to Earth, it looked bigger than usual.