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Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
kteach


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Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
Location: Albany, NY
Date: Feb 20, 2008
Galleries: Sky, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2008

Viewed: 1049
Comments: 12
Favorites: 5 (view)

 Variety of apertures/shutter speeds/ISO's with some bracketed shots.. just playing around most of the way through.

We need an eclipse in the middle of July next time so that I don't have to freeze, and my camera doesn't have to freeze up by the end.

Oh, and as far as my attempt and standing outside freezing as KaDi pointed out... I had planned out a spot to use to do the entire eclipse, but ends up I've been sick for 2 days and there was NO way I was driving anywhere to stand in the cold. I didn't want to miss this and unfortunately, I don't have any windows on the side of my house where this was occurring. I had the gorillapod attached to a window for the first part, but had to keep rotating it out further to keep the moon in the frame. Once I could finally see the moon from another window that sits overtop the downstairs neighbor's porch roof, I moved the whole thing to sit out on the roof. Once I finally climbed out on the roof and got everything set, I just had to click the remote though the closed window from there on out... with the occasional peek to make sure I wasn't losing the moon in the frame and to check on the exposures. Then, someone posted on here to use bracketing (duh!), and that saved me a few frozen fingers.

After all that, I'm really impressed that this last minute, unplanned attempt turned out as well as it did. And I didn't even look at the last half of the shots yet!

Thanks for all the nice comments and favorites! :) It makes the frozen fingers worth it!

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/21/2008 02:17:34 PM
Now that's dedication! And this came out VERY well. Excellent work to get the shots (and very creative work, I might add!) and beautifully put together and presented. You should be very proud of this!
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/21/2008 02:07:10 PM
wow this is really amazing. very impressive!
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Canon EOS-60D
Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
 02/21/2008 01:35:59 PM
Very nice montage. Looks like your exposure was right on the money. Great series of shots.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 02/21/2008 10:06:59 AM
Well done. We don't get clear skies down here in the City. But your photo sequence makes up for that ;-)
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 02/21/2008 09:15:57 AM
Looks Great!! Excellent captures and presentation.

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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 02/21/2008 08:59:00 AM
Wonderful work!
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 02/21/2008 05:08:58 AM
Fantastic shot, I'm glad I didn't make the effort as this is way better than anything I would have done!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/21/2008 01:24:17 AM
Nice "attempt" (as you put it...)!

ARE YOU NUTZ? Standing outside in the freezing cold in the middle of February what were you trying to do...catch your death?

It really is a beautiful series of shots. I think this ranks far beyond "attempt." If you were playing horseshoes you'd have a ringer not a leaner. Sweetly done. Kudos for your planning and execution!

:)
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Nikon D7000
Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4
 02/21/2008 01:12:11 AM
Impressive job of shooting and presenting the finished image! Excellent.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 02/21/2008 01:09:49 AM
Excellent job here...way to brave the elements ;)
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 02/21/2008 01:01:12 AM
Wonderfully done! I wish I'd been that adventurous tonight but it was too cold for me!
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Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/21/2008 01:00:46 AM
Nice! I think I like this one the best!
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