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OK, I'll be posting up shots as the night goes on, unless it really gets cloudy and I fall asleep.
First the full moon during a break in the clouds...
Figures that just as the eclipse starts the clouds come back in, I also realized now that I didn't turn the clock back on my camera. lol I also realized I hadn't set my camera to manual until a few shots after this one.
You're doing better than I am. Too hazy down here to be worth putting much effort into it. I can see the moon, but it's not clear enough for good shots. The clouds are moving though, so maybe a hole will develop.
Here we go folks, the last try I'm taking at it. It rained while the moon was fully in the shadow so there was no sense going out to point the lens up to catch water. Clouds were still an issue and had to shoot a few shots to see which got the least amount of haze in it.
I think the exif info is attached to all these.
These were all taken with the 400 2.8IS with the 2x teleconverter on it. Camera set for a two second timer, but I'm sure there was some movement from the wind.
I only got 2 shots... One was at maximum brightness just before the start, when the sky was clear. (Everyone has seen a bright full moon so I'll save some time by not posting it
The following shot was just pure luck when a hole in the clouds passed over the house...
Nikon D3S, F/0 w/80 shutter speed. Lens was 1500mm refractor with Nikon adapter.
@ D. Latte-
Nice shot! Very crisp and vivid color. I'm glad someone else in Eugene was out there with me, freezing their arse off waiting for momentary glimpses. It looks like you got that shot shortly after midnight, eh?
@ Janice-
Really!? Not even a momentary lapse in cloud cover!? That stinks. It was tough to see here for most of the night, but around midnight we got about a 12 minute break... Sorry
@ Tony
Well worth your effort, good sir. Very well done! Thanks for sharing it.
I guess I'll have to hurry up and get that 500mm zoom before the next occurance
A little camera shake despite the tripod. The legs were probably shaking from the cold. I knew I should have put on those leg warmers. These were taken about 12:40 am MST.
A little camera shake despite the tripod. The legs were probably shaking from the cold. I knew I should have put on those leg warmers. These were taken about 12:40 am MST.
Notice the little "seismograph" trails from the car headlights. (This is zoomed in to 100%, and shot at 200mm on a foggy night, so it's not a good image other than for showing vibration.) You can see the tripod moved a lot on the initial shutter press, then the vibrations continued during most of the exposure. The vehicle on top is moving right to left in the frame, and the cars on the lower level are moving left to right. They provided a really nice graph of camera movement. Obviously my technique wasn't "excellent" that evening...
Notice how it's not obvious in the buildings. But it's there, and it introduces blur.
Using a cable release will help with this issue. I should have done that for this shot.
A little camera shake despite the tripod. The legs were probably shaking from the cold. I knew I should have put on those leg warmers. These were taken about 12:40 am MST.
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