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Lunar Eclipse.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:34 pm
by Mr Darcy
This is happening NOW (21:33 AEST)
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Lunar Eclipse by gregdarcy, on Flickr

Re: Lunar Eclipse.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:11 pm
by biggerry
dang...wheres the notice ;)

Re: Lunar Eclipse.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:23 pm
by aim54x
Nice image...and yes...where is the notice

Re: Lunar Eclipse.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:26 pm
by Mr Darcy
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aim54x wrote:where is the notice

I don't know either. I just walked out the front door and there it was. So I ran back inside & grabbed the D7000, 500mm Cat, tripod & remote. Then started snapping away from the front porch.
EDIT: If it makes you feel any better I think it was only a partial. Either that or I missed most of it too. It is finished now.

Re: Lunar Eclipse.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:49 pm
by biggerry
Mr Darcy wrote:I
aim54x wrote:where is the notice

I don't know either. I just walked out the front door and there it was. So I ran back inside & grabbed the D7000, 500mm Cat, tripod & remote. Then started snapping away from the front porch.
EDIT: If it makes you feel any better I think it was only a partial. Either that or I missed most of it too. It is finished now.


ok that makes me feel better, i thought is was a full eclipse thing so i was sitting out in teh cold waiting when i finally noticed teh eclipse was gettign smaller...

not trying to jack your thread greg, but the less moon threads the better probably ;)

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Re: Lunar Eclipse.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:21 am
by Steffen
Now, there's a suitable subject for a triptych ;) Or even n-tych :D

I stumbled across the eclipse while testing gear for the Venus transit on Wednesday, I had forgotten all about it so that was a nice surprise.

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Cheers
Steffen.

Re: Lunar Eclipse.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:43 am
by dervish16
Nice work biggerry and Mr Darcy. A 600mm+ lens on fx is needed to get any decent images of the moon without having to crop. 500mm on DX works nicely and your moon images look nice and sharp biggerry.

I didn't know about it either until I saw it when I was on a walk with the dog but only had a 58mm lens with me and was shooting velvia 50 film :D

Re: Lunar Eclipse.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:45 am
by Mr Darcy
dervish16 wrote: without having to crop. 500mm on DX works

That's what I used but I cropped fairly extensively. I'd have liked 1000mm. I tried the TC, but couldn't fit it to the mirror lens. Damn!
Mine is not quite as sharp as the others. Not sure if it was the lens, my eyes or the high cloud. There was a bit about here.

Re: Lunar Eclipse.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:57 pm
by biggerry
Steffen wrote:Now, there's a suitable subject for a triptych ;) Or even n-tych :D

I stumbled across the eclipse while testing gear for the Venus transit on Wednesday, I had forgotten all about it so that was a nice surprise.
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Hey Steffen is that a crop or full frame from teh telescope?

I gotta say yours is bigger than mine ;)

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Re: Lunar Eclipse.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:20 am
by Steffen
Hehe, not really. it is a crop, too:

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It was taken with an ED80 clone (560mm f/7) and 2x TC on a D7000.

Cheers
Steffen.