Lunar Eclipse - Hobart

[TassieD]

I was watching the eclipse and decided i'd give this a go. Never tried shooting the moon before. I should have given up as soon as one of the legs fell off my tripod....lol but here is one of the results.

http://tassied.smugmug.com/photos/188879902-M.jpg

[Honest Gaza]

That's damn good Dave. My final one didn't turn out anywhere near as good as that.

I was about to start a thread and invite all to post their shots. With your permission, we could use this thread ?

[achuang]

Either way's good for me, I took a heap of shots tonight and they turned out pretty well. Too bad I only had a 200mm lens, i sold my 70-300mm lens recently. Great shot Dave, what lens were you using? It seemed so dull in person but on camera it actually looked better.

[michaelb]

Great shot, love the color. What FL was this?

[TassieD]

That's damn good Dave. My final one didn't turn out anywhere near as good as that.

I was about to start a thread and invite all to post their shots. With your permission, we could use this thread ?

Go for it Gazza, the more the better.

[TassieD]

Either way's good for me, I took a heap of shots tonight and they turned out pretty well. Too bad I only had a 200mm lens, i sold me 70-300mm lens recently. Great shot Dave, what lens were you using? It seemed so dull in person but on camera it actually looked better.

I grabbed the 50-500 out of the bag to have a go at this.

[TassieD]

Great shot, love the color. What FL was this?

500mm....:) I tried it with the tele plus 2x TC but was having trouble focusing.

[Nickcanada]

Very nice. I love your presentation. border and text are bang on. :) oh and the picture is great too. ;)

[Honest Gaza]

Thanks Dave....I agree that your borders look pretty Mickey Mouse, and that for this type of shot....mine suck :D
I'll set the bar low on this occasion so I'm expecting some great shots from others :o

This first shot is with the 70-300mm IS + Soligor x 1.7 TC showing the beginning of the Eclipse :

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Just before the completion (Same Lens set-up):

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Total Eclipse with the 70-300mm IS only.

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Looking back now, I should have upped the ISO so the shutter speeds could have been faster. Didn't notice the "movement" until looking on the PC later. What the hell, it's only another 4 years before I can try again :p

Interesting note : while we saw the Earth's shadow approach from the bottom of the moon....USA would have seen it approach from the top of the Moon.

[noyjimi]

Those are some high jumping cows. :eek:

[forno]

Good work guys, was quite a hard ask to get a balance on shutter speed and account for the moon moving

Ill post some up tonight

[StephenC]

I also found that I got motion blur with long exposures. I took this over the roof of Bathurst Base Hospital as the eclipse started. It's a pity about the orange cast to the building from the spot-lights, but if I adjust the white balance the moon turns blue rather than red!

1st photo: 70-200 @ 70mm; ISO100, f/6.3, SS8s and tripod mounted
2nd photo: 70-200 @ 200mm; ISO1600, f/4, SS1.3s and tripod mounted

[achuang]

Good work guys, was quite a hard ask to get a balance on shutter speed and account for the moon moving

Ill post some up tonight


I agree with you there, I tried shooting at ISO 200, the lowest for my camera and there was motion blur. I had to shoot at ISO 800 for best results. I'll be posting some up tonight.

[anco85]

While you guys had an eclipse on the 28th, we had 2 moons on the 27th :D

Some or other planet was clsoe to the moon or something like that, I failed to capture it on camera though, pity :(

[achuang]

Here's my efforts at taking the eclipse. I know I'm not using a canon, but i figured since it's about the eclipse it doesn't matter, and it's just a camera with a different name on it. It was pretty tough with a 200mm lens and 6MP to work with since a lot of cropping had to be done. And at ISO 800 the D70s is pretty noisy.

[Honest Gaza]

I think we all agree....a very difficult subject.

I'd like to see Neil Armstrong's "macro" attempts :p:D

[toriaj]

Wow, achuang, that 2nd shot is one of the best moon shots I've ever seen. And I don't see any noise, just some kind of rim around some parts of the moon, could be from sharpening/resizing. Anyway, great shot.

[achuang]

Wow, achuang, that 2nd shot is one of the best moon shots I've ever seen. And I don't see any noise, just some kind of rim around some parts of the moon, could be from sharpening/resizing. Anyway, great shot.

Thanks toriaj, i took a few and thought this one was a bit bright, but after the eclipse the moon was actually that bright. I haven't seen it that bright before. Normally I take moon shots at 1/160 f5.6-8 or somewhere in that range. But some of them I had to take close to 1/1000 so with something that bright there probably isn't going to be much noise. You can definitely see the noise in my first photo. I recently sold my 70-300 lens, I wish I'd kept it a bit longer to use for the eclipse. You're right, there is a rim around the moon from sharpening. The second moon photo is actually a 100% crop, and that's why I had to do a bit more sharpening on it. I might have to do it again as you said there's a ring around it.

[cwphoto]

EOS-1D Mark III with EF 600mm f/4 L IS USM & Extender EF 2x II. 1s @ f/8, ISO 3,200:

[cwphoto]

EOS-1D Mark III with EF 600mm f/4 L IS USM & Extender EF 2x II. 1/8s @ f/11, ISO 3,200:

[Honest Gaza]

I like the effect of that "partial eclipse" CW. Your settings confirmed what I believe to have been my major downfall. I needed to up the ISO so I could go for a faster shutter speed.

[cwphoto]

I like the effect of that "partial eclipse" CW. Your settings confirmed what I believe to have been my major downfall. I needed to up the ISO so I could go for a faster shutter speed.

It was a tough gig mate - 1s exposures and all that, too much contrast.

[Honest Gaza]

Did anyone else see that little "bug/insect" near the centre of the Moon ?

Apparently it was a Lunar-tic :p :D

Ali Baba

[forno]

boom boom:p

[CodyBorrowman]

I had to shoot mine freehand, but came out decent i think...


http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j98/MADZUKI/_MG_6192.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j98/MADZUKI/_MG_6074.jpg

[sunnythepsychocat]

CW,
600mm with 2X teleconverter:eek: Wonderful photos as always.

[toriaj]

Welcome to the forum, CodyBorrowman, I really love #1.