Lunar Eclipse

SimpsonBrothers

This was the first time I've shot a lunar eclipse. Hard enough to shoot the moon, lets just add in changing light conditions! I think it went pretty well though.

Do you like it?

Richard

Very nice. I thought I might be able to catch the tail end here, but we had solid overcast and rain, so I went back to bed.. Did you take any shots of the other phases? A neat thing that I've seen is to do a composite of, say, eight different chronological shots in a single frame.

CanonFan

Cloudy here in Georgia, too...so I slept...

redleash

Nice shot--you got the color. I got up but it was too foggy and overcast so I went back to bed.

helloyo53

I was so disappointed to see the cloud cover in Sarnia last night. And then I sign on to all the forums I'm on and everyone posts pictures. Making me jealous. :P

Nice picture though. You really captured the colour of the moon perfectly. And you managed to get some of the stars in too. Great photo.

Dogdots

Looks really good. We were having a snow storm so missed out on it :cry

JAG

nice! I like it! It was too cold for me to stay out any longer....my face went numb in the sub zero temps!

lizzard_nyc

Love that you got it during that red phase.
My son and I were outside at 2:00 a.m. here in NYC and it was spectacular--ridiculous clear skies and stars everywhere, our jaws nearly hit the floor. We then went back in and the livefeed cameras on NASA were blank.
I can't wait to go home and show him this shot, he wanted to see it during the red phase too. Thanks for posting.

JC

Nice shot- I like that you could get a few stars too. Did you take this around Tracy? You must have been in a sweet spot between storms. I'm jealous, I had a camping trip planned to shoot the eclipse, then the pineapple express moved in.

SimpsonBrothers

Yeah, in Tracy. It started out clear until the moon was about 1/4 shaded, then the fog rolled in. I was a little mad to say the least. I stayed out though hoping for a small break knowing that if I gave up and it cleared up I would be kicking myself. Midnight rolled around and finally the fog cleared! Got really lucky.

schmoo

Great catch!! I'm glad you stuck it out because it was totally worth it, looking at these.

DaddyO

Nice one Very rich color

Wachel

I like it! I had to work so no pics for me but I did duck out to catch it...in the -5º Alaska night.