Lunar eclipse
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by DickK » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:04 am
Nice shot Keith.
I'm an old amateur astronomer and occasional astro-photographer. Shooting the moon is tricky especially if you're not taking the kind of shot Keith took, i.e., just the moon in closeup. If you're including scenery or you want a starry background then you'll need an editor trick to get things right because of the exposure difference. Except when eclipsed, the moon is literally in full sunlight so rule of thumb applies, ASA100, f8, 1/125th is the ballpark. But everything else will need much longer exposures which will "burn out" the moon. Of course with digital shots and any decent editor it just takes two shots and a little editing to combine them.
No. VA was cloudy and ugly all day yesterday (worse, freezing rain today! which is why I'm home at this hour) but cleared off last night for the entire eclipse. But it was cold out there so I just went out with binoculars a few times to watch the progress. When I was much younger and much braver/more foolish I would have had camera and telescope out there. But I've pictures from back then and there will be lots of them posted all over the 'net if I really want another
Dick
I'm an old amateur astronomer and occasional astro-photographer. Shooting the moon is tricky especially if you're not taking the kind of shot Keith took, i.e., just the moon in closeup. If you're including scenery or you want a starry background then you'll need an editor trick to get things right because of the exposure difference. Except when eclipsed, the moon is literally in full sunlight so rule of thumb applies, ASA100, f8, 1/125th is the ballpark. But everything else will need much longer exposures which will "burn out" the moon. Of course with digital shots and any decent editor it just takes two shots and a little editing to combine them.
No. VA was cloudy and ugly all day yesterday (worse, freezing rain today! which is why I'm home at this hour) but cleared off last night for the entire eclipse. But it was cold out there so I just went out with binoculars a few times to watch the progress. When I was much younger and much braver/more foolish I would have had camera and telescope out there. But I've pictures from back then and there will be lots of them posted all over the 'net if I really want another
Dick
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by BarbaraC » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:17 am
Keith, you've just been added to the growing list of people I hate. 
Having learned my lesson about the vastly reduced amount of light during an eclipse, I now wish we could have an encore performance so I could use what I've learned.
Jan, you did a bang-up job for someone who had to ruffle the pages of her manual madly while changing all those settings. The first time I tried the moon and ruffled pages like that, I got either a blank picture or a big, white blob in the middle of it all and absolutely nothing in between.
Barbara
Having learned my lesson about the vastly reduced amount of light during an eclipse, I now wish we could have an encore performance so I could use what I've learned.
Jan, you did a bang-up job for someone who had to ruffle the pages of her manual madly while changing all those settings. The first time I tried the moon and ruffled pages like that, I got either a blank picture or a big, white blob in the middle of it all and absolutely nothing in between.
Barbara
by nannybear » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:35 am
It was fun and as usual learning more more more....the music? for some reason moon shots always make me think of Jethro Tull? strange huh! but I have it on my computer.....I like those guys. Have a great weekend all! cheers Jan
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