Lunar eclipse
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Lunar eclipse
Did anyone else try taking a picture of that lunar eclipse a few weeks ago?
I did, but it was cold and windy: not ideal conditions for taking a snapshot (as if a darkened night sky is an ideal target of photography in the first place). And I didn't even have my 300mm lens on me. But I think I did pretty well, considering the conditions.
Doesn't it look cool? Mind you, it doesn't look quite "blood red", like they say it should, but a deep orange is good enough for me.
I did, but it was cold and windy: not ideal conditions for taking a snapshot (as if a darkened night sky is an ideal target of photography in the first place). And I didn't even have my 300mm lens on me. But I think I did pretty well, considering the conditions.
Doesn't it look cool? Mind you, it doesn't look quite "blood red", like they say it should, but a deep orange is good enough for me.
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Looks cool. Perhaps someone could photoshop the sky a bit to make it more of a uniform black so it contrasts the moon better.
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I took some shots on 10X zoom with a tripod. I also got some long exposures, 15, 30, and 60 seconds.
60 second-exposure. First time I used that on my camera.
Another long exposure (30 seconds I think) with my neighborhood in view.
10x zoom, no tripod, cropped down.
Same thing, but with tripod.
High sensitivity. Grainy, but that's the trade-off.
60 second-exposure. First time I used that on my camera.
Another long exposure (30 seconds I think) with my neighborhood in view.
10x zoom, no tripod, cropped down.
Same thing, but with tripod.
High sensitivity. Grainy, but that's the trade-off.
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And now for contrast, here's a quick shot I took without a tripod a few minutes ago. This is not an eclipse effect, but rather the moon viewed through a thick smoke haze due to some serious bushfires 200 kilometres to the north.
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That's what's causing it? I was wondering why the moon was all red and stuff tonight, but I couldn't be bothered actually finding out the reason why. Now I know... hrm. Very nice picture of it, too...tim31 wrote:This is not an eclipse effect, but rather the moon viewed through a thick smoke haze due to some serious bushfires 200 kilometres to the north.
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