I prefer having the Eclipse happen when the moon is low. That way I can
get something to photograph it with.
On Apr 15, 2014 10:46 AM, "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nice pictures, but I’ve seen so many of these in my lifetime I didn’t
> bother even to think about getting up to catch this one. True, it turned
> out to be cloudy at the event, but when I was up about 1:30 a.m. for a
> nature call, the sky was clear, the moon bright. I toyed with the idea of
> staying up, but decided to put my toys away. Total lunar eclipse. Yawn.
> Sleep is better.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
> On Apr 15, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Late last night we were treated to a total lunar eclipse, one where
> the moon does not enter into Earth's umbra but instead the penumbra,
> leaving the moon a reddish colour during totality, hence the name "Blood
> Moon". Here's a series of photos taken over a period of almost an hour:
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13872873395/
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13872874325/
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13872875525/
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13872875945/
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13872876905/
> >
> > and a token photograph of Mars, which was nearby:
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13872877365/
> >
> > All taken with the E-510 with the Samyang 100-500/5.6 lens.
> Exposure time was 1 second, which was a bit slow but a little post
> processing gamma adjustment returned the colour to a more natural hue.
> Longer exposure time made the photos appear to be even more OOF.
> >
> > I'm surprised that the lens did this well, and I had hoped that the
> Quantaray 500mm bazooka lens I bought late last week would have arrived so
> that I could try it out during this event. It has less glass and is almost
> a refractor telescope with a camera mount.
>
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