Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan mon ami, you weren't alone as I did exactly the same thing! I SLEPT RIGHT THROUGH IT!!!!! cheers, ted grant 0.C. :-) -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: January-20-19 10:28 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Blood Moon Eclipse practice photo Yes, that is what I meant. I especially like the last one. I must admit I happily slept through the eclipse. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 20 Jan 2019, at 16:47, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > > Nathan?s point about foreground elements adding interest is well taken. > Here are several images I made of the ?Blood Moon? eclipse four years ago. > Mid-eclipse occurred when the Moon was quite low in the sky as seen from > the eastern U.S., so these images capture foreground trees. In fact, they > depict the whole range of distances from trees just tens of meters away, > to the blue sky at tens of km, to the Moon at hundreds of thousands of km, > to the planet Uranus (the blue-green dot to the left of the Moon) at > hundreds of millions of km, to the stars at trillions of km. > > Please view large! > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Mideclipse+in+Pisces+small.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Mideclipse+in+Pisces+small.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Mideclipse+in+Pisces+small.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Mideclipse+in+Pisces+small.jpg.html>> > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Blood+Moon+Eclipse.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Blood+Moon+Eclipse.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Blood+Moon+Eclipse.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Blood+Moon+Eclipse.jpg.html>> > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Mideclipse+1.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Mideclipse+1.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Mideclipse+1.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/Mideclipse+1.jpg.html>> > > Unfortunately, mid-eclipse will happen with the Moon nearly overhead as > seen from here, so no foreground this time unless I tromp through the snow > to get under a tree in the back yard. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information