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Nick Entwistle
{K:-17} 3/5/2007
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Hi,
Thanks for the feedback. I now know where I went wrong - I hadn't anticipated the amount of motion blur on a 3sec exposure. If I had increased ISO to compensate (as you did) I would probably have been more succesful. Ah, well only a few years to wait for the next opportunity.
Thanks,
Nick
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Hermen Pen
{K:9168} 3/5/2007
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Just found an interesting article on photographing a lunar eclipe.
http://skytonight.com/howto/astrophotography/3304036.html
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Hermen Pen
{K:9168} 3/5/2007
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Hi Nick,
thanks for the compliment :)
I used a tripod and a 200 mm lens with 1.4x converter, the maximum focal length I could achieve with my gear. I set the camera to spot metering and autofocus (which, to my surprise, still worked during the totality!)
Here are the exposure details for the eight shots
1st row from left to right:
ISO 200; 1/200 s; f/8
ISO 200; 1/60 s; 8
ISO 200; 1/30 s; f/8
ISO 200; 1/30 s; f/8
2nd row from left to right:
ISO 200; 1/2 s; f/6.7
ISO 400; 1/2 s; f/5.6
ISO 800; 1/2 s; f/4
ISO 800; 1 s; f/8
I did not want to go to exposure times longer than 1 second, to prevent a too large motion blur. The exposures are slightly inconsistent, I was fiddling around with the settings. I am less satisfied with the left shots in the lower row. I think I should have exposed longer there. You can find an exposure table for the moon eclipse on the internet (google for mreclipse). The long exposure times mentioned here are only feasible if you have a tripod with a rotating head that compensates for the earth's rotation.
regards, Hermen
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Nick Entwistle
{K:-17} 3/4/2007
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Hermen,
These are great images.
I tried to photograph the eclispe but without much success. Exposing for the moon during the pre-umbria was okay, but once the moon was wholly in the earth's shadow I could not get sharp images due to the long exposures needed despite using a tripod & remote release.
I would be interested to know your technique/exposure details for the bottom row of images.
Nick
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roberto canepa
{K:7382} 3/4/2007
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hi Hermen,
very nice composition: perfect focus on each pc and good timing. bravo.
roby
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William Santos
{K:580} 3/4/2007
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Tanks, for shared this (special, to us in Central America, because, we can't saw the eclipse)
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Mladen Borisov
{K:518} 3/4/2007
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:) :) :) :) :) :)
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Bikas Das
{K:6544} 3/4/2007
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excellent scene ...
nice exposures ...
i tried today ...
but failed ....
due to smog and pollution ...
on our city of joy ...
7/7 from me ....
cheers my friend ...
bests,
Bikas
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Fabio Keiner
{K:81109} 3/4/2007
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simply superb!
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