[Leica] Wolf Moon eclipse

[Howard Ritter]

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
>> 
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