Last night's total lunar eclipse. 3 images about 30 mins. apart. D300, Tamron 200-500 at 500mm., aperture priority, spot-metered on the part of the moon I thought was about mid brightness.
I was wondering when we would get a post of the eclipse. Unfortunately where I am at was a no-go; clouds. But I am glad you had a good view. I hope that you will up your wide dimension to 800p and file size to 145kb so we can enjoy a larger view.
Sorry - I mis-interpreted the rules for size in this forum. Here's one with the horizontal at 800p. The exposures for the 3 images were 1/4, f6.3, 1/8, f6.3, /8, f6.3 - all aperture priority, auto iso (1600, defaulted to 3200 in the R.hand one), tripod with self-timer, raw -> Lightroom adjustments, cropped vertical then merged in PSE3.
Richard,
Very cool idea. I can see a clear distinction in the exposure of the moon in full eclipse--the empty space around it is not black like on the left 2/3's of the image, but more like a dark gray or almost navy. Kind of like the moon got dressed in the dark and grabbed a navy shirt when it thought it was reaching for a black one. Or maybe I'm just projecting my own failings upon it :D
David, I think you are correct - I can't see this on my computer screen, but it's obvious in an 8 x 10 print. I re-printed after reducing the gamma and increasing the contrast a little, and then it goes away and the bg becomes uniform. I thought it was the printer!
Richard, Your image is very nice! I also photographed the eclipse and will post when the files are processed. Very interesting about the moons rotation from your location compared to mine, in Ohio USA. Temp was 5 degrees but was worth it.Thanks for sharing yours.
Best,
Howard
As for the color shift in the blacks, I can't see it on my laptop (yes, I see all the gradations in the calibration strip) but using a digital color meter, I can clearly define the line where the third image was stitched.
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