[Leica] Wolf Moon eclipse

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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
>
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