Total Lunar eclipse

[AJS]

X-ray wrote:
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@ La Blob

Looks like we all got the same sort of deal. That big one underneath sure is nice though, I like that a lot.

X-ray Yeah my Bad you have too be logged into Yahoo groups :-( to view

[AJS]

Right here we go I hope fingers crossed

[Vincent]

odin wrote:
I {bleep}ing hate clouds  :-x.

Yup, same here.

Although we did get an unblocked view of a very white, bright moon at 2am  :-x

Bloody weather.

@AJS
Nice pics.

[cecilia]

here in NY it was a very clear night and we saw a beautiful maroon moon. The white sliver of light (for us) was on the left side of the moon. well, that was when the eclipse was starting to end.

I was worried about being about to see the  moon because we have had rain and cloudy days all week, so this was quite a treat!

I believe the next red moon happens around aug 28th or thereabouts!

[X-ray]

Hey AJS got good pics there!

[NoFastMem]

Ermmm, we saw a bit of it, between pubs.  :pint:

[AJS]

X-ray wrote:
Hey AJS got good pics there!

 :-D Cheers X-ray
first time I have tried, have got 60+ shots just playing about with the settings whilst taking them, exposures vary from 1/250 of a second up to 30 seconds, just need a bigger lens to attach to my old Sony F717 :-D
4 seconds seemed best for the red shots

[A4000_Mad]

Yes very good photos indeed thanks AJS. I also got stuck at the Yahoo groups log in page earlier. I am a member but have long forgotten both my user name and password. They will be something to do with the Amiga of course, but that doesn't really narrow it down much  :lol:

A4000 Mad

[NoFastMem]

X-ray wrote:
It's a tough one to photograph.

Not if you use the right tools... Which remain, in this age of cameraphones and Handycam freeze-frames, an SLR, a tripod and a telephoto lens.

You can get yourself set up for a couple of hundred quid, but people would rather spend that on a shiny new consumer digicam, no doubt with a built-in MP3 player or other such nonesense, and ultimately get the results they deserve.

[X-ray]

Hey, I am not complaining. I use my camera mainly for macro work and it suits me not to have to develop that. Whether I get the moon or not is no biggie.

[cecilia]

pictures people have taken around the world

[blobrana]

Hum,
Lunar Eclipse Images - 03/03/07

See even more

[Agafaster]

blobrana wrote:
 Anyone watching it now?

Yup, I saw it ! though I nearly missed it completely - only noticed cos it was mentioned in the 6 o'clock news...

I did take some experimental pictures with my DC3400 (nearly forgot to use the tripod ;-)) but the zoom feature isnt good enough.

I did also take the opportunity to observe totality in my telescope* - very nice at 30x ! no piccies though - my afocal techique isnt sorted yet, though I'm plotting a neat little 'hack' involving a webcam...



*76mm F7.9 Schmidt-Newtonian catadioptric mounted on a reasonably sturdy camera tripod, 20mm Huygens eyepiece

[adz]

AJS wrote:

 :-D Cheers X-ray
first time I have tried, have got 60+ shots just playing about with the settings whilst taking them, exposures vary from 1/250 of a second up to 30 seconds, just need a bigger lens to attach to my old Sony F717 :-D
4 seconds seemed best for the red shots

1/250th of a second is just about perfect for moon shots, also helps if you underexpose by a stop or so, gives you more to work with later, nice effort all the same :-)

[adz]

@Thread

We didn't get to see it on the East coast of Australia, shame really as I would have got some really nice pics.

Edit...Here's one I prepared earlier ;-)



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[Vincent]

adz wrote:
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Ah yes, the macro gone wrong ;-)