Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the comments and the expert recommendation, Jayanand. Makes me want to head for the store! I think the driveway gets plowed today? ?howard > On 21Jan, 2019, at 2220, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Beautiful and unusual shot. Your description of the conditions calls for > more than just a wee drop of Lagavulin, if you ask me. The next time you > buy Lagavulin get the sensational 12 year 2017 annual release (more > expensive, but cask strength, so will go a longer way as well), it is the > best 12 year old I have had in the last few years. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 8:45 AM Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > >> Photos of lunar eclipses aren?t very interesting unless they?re part of a >> secquence, or taken at very high resolution and large scale through a >> telescope, or incorporate foreground elements, or have some ofther >> noteworthy aspect. >> >> I took a few shots last night using a Nikon 810A and 80-400 Nikkor zoom. >> The Moon was practically overhead, so no foreground features, and I didn?t >> have access to my telescope, so I tried for something worth posting, a >> (relatively) wide-field composition at a FL of 95mm at full eclipse, when >> the Moon was dim enough to allow a long enough exposure to capture some >> background stars, notably the bright Castor and Pollux, the ?twins? the >> constellation Gemini. >> >> After about the middle of the eclipse, after midnight east coast US time, >> I quit. The temperature was ?2? and falling. I went into the hot tub out >> on >> the patio under the beautifully clear sky and watched with naked eye and >> binoculars as the Moon emerged from the Earth?s shadow and Orion began >> heading for the southwest horizon. Lovely. There was ice in my wet hair, >> but supplemental warming was accomplished with a wee dram o? Lagavullin. >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/astro/Lunar+Eclipse+with+Twins.jpg.html?g2_fromNavId=x412decf7 >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/astro/Lunar+Eclipse+with+Twins.jpg.html?g2_fromNavId=x412decf7 >>> >> >> >> Please view large and in a darkened room to get the full effect of the >> fainter stars. C&C welcome. Thanks for viewing. >> >> ?howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information