Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse Tonight
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fubar57
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This is as good as I could get with the cloud cover
Crimea_River
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Was hazy here but turned clear.
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fubar57
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Any "blood" color to it Andy? Here it stayed white until the clouds covered it completely and later, when the clouds slightly dissipated, as it was coming out of the eclipse. My youngest sent me a photo from down south and the moon was really red
Crimea_River
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Yes. For a while it looked like Mars with a white polar cap. Up to full shadow, it was hazy but then the mist disappeared fro the rest of the show. I didn't think to take a pic as I knew it would be crap. Here's one from the local rag though:
Seen some stunning pictures but didn't see it myself unfortunately...
GrauGeist
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Past several lunar eclipses here have been obscured by overcast...of course, the next evening is always clear.
If that's not bad enough, even the recent solar eclipse was obscured by clouds - and then clear the next day.
If that's not bad enough, even the recent solar eclipse was obscured by clouds - and then clear the next day.
Hello GrauGeist,
We actually had a perfectly clear sky but it was very cold and the winds were quite strong.
I tried to set up the tripod on the street in front of our house and the wind was strong enough to shake the tripod and in about 10 seconds, I could not feel my fingers well enough to adjust the camera. I eventually had to set up on soggy ground behind a car with one of the legs on snow to get mostly out of the wind. Even then, with long shutter times (about 5 seconds) and a gusty wind, most of the photographs ended up pretty blurry.
Folks who are into astronomy probably already know that the moon visibly moves and it helps to have automated tracking equipment. Manual adjustments are not so easy because with the camera zoomed enough to get an image this big, it is like looking at the world through a soda straw. I also took a 30 second video which is a bit clearer and the moon can be seen moving relative to the stars in the background.
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We actually had a perfectly clear sky but it was very cold and the winds were quite strong.
I tried to set up the tripod on the street in front of our house and the wind was strong enough to shake the tripod and in about 10 seconds, I could not feel my fingers well enough to adjust the camera. I eventually had to set up on soggy ground behind a car with one of the legs on snow to get mostly out of the wind. Even then, with long shutter times (about 5 seconds) and a gusty wind, most of the photographs ended up pretty blurry.
Folks who are into astronomy probably already know that the moon visibly moves and it helps to have automated tracking equipment. Manual adjustments are not so easy because with the camera zoomed enough to get an image this big, it is like looking at the world through a soda straw. I also took a 30 second video which is a bit clearer and the moon can be seen moving relative to the stars in the background.
- Ivan.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
I have a tripod that can adjust the legs out beyond the normal stops, creating a very sturdy base, plus I have a stone bag that I can attach and load the bag with either lead shot or nearby stones which steadies the camera considerably. Especially if I have my Sigma 300mm prime lens on my Pentax.
When I'm shooting an eclipse, I'll set my camera to ISO 200, f/11 and mirror locked. Then I adjust the delay according to how bright the moon is (or not, in this case) and the shots come out fairly well.
That is, when the dang clouds don't ruin the party...
When I'm shooting an eclipse, I'll set my camera to ISO 200, f/11 and mirror locked. Then I adjust the delay according to how bright the moon is (or not, in this case) and the shots come out fairly well.
That is, when the dang clouds don't ruin the party...
Ah, I photographed it as well:
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fubar57
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Very, very nice Marcel
Thanks. This btw was shot with iso 100, f/5.6 and a shutter speed of 1s.
I find that smaller aperture doesn't really help at that distance, so I go for faster shutter speed. As the sky is almost black, noise is really visible, so there I go for the lowest iso. Camera is a Canon 70D.
I find that smaller aperture doesn't really help at that distance, so I go for faster shutter speed. As the sky is almost black, noise is really visible, so there I go for the lowest iso. Camera is a Canon 70D.
Nice shots guys!
Hello Marcel,
Very nice photograph!
The equipment you were using is a few orders of magnitude better than what I was using.
Mine was also ISO 100 but shutter speed was around 4.5 seconds and I can't remember what the aperture was set at.
My camera is a Canon S5IS that I bought a couple months after that model was first introduced about 10 years ago.
Optical zoom in the camera is only 12X, so I was using pretty close to maximum digital zoom.
- Ivan.
