[Leica] Lunar Eclipse & last year's

[Matthew Hunt]

Hi  Aram

Thanks for these, we did not get any of it here in England but it 
stimulated me to dig out my photos of last year's March lunar eclipse.  
We were staying near Blanchland in County Durham in a remote cottage 
with no light pollution.  The night started with heavy cloud but I got 
up anyway and found the clouds were clearing. I had prepared my tripod 
with second-hand Tele-Elmarit and M8, and also had my new D-Lux 8.  The 
moon was due to set before totality, and there were hills to the west so 
it disappeared soon after 6.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/lunareclipse/

I had fun in LightRoom (still on 5.7.1) developing and cropping so I 
could print an A4 sheet of small square pictures of the moon eclipsing 
and sinking.  I have chosen five of the better ones to share with you.  
I have still been following the LUG although elderly care has been 
taking a lot of time for the past few years and we have a new golden 
retriever and have been busy in the garden.

Matthew

On 03/03/2026 16:13, Aram Langhans via LUG wrote:
> Well, it was clear when I went to bed after a few clouds in the 
> afternoon, so I was optimistic.  Set the alarm for 2:50, got up and 
> looked out.  Moon was behind a thing veil of clouds that was thick 
> enough to block any stars.  Grabbed a shot when it was not quite total.
>
> Lunar Eclipse 3-2-26-1226 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/26/Lunar+Eclipse+3-2-26-1226.jpg.html>
>
> Went back inside for about a half hour then came out and could hardly 
> see the moon at all through the haze.  Darn.  Took this shot and 
> subjected it to lots of manipulation in LR and ended up with this:
>
> Lunar Eclipse 3-2-26-1229 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/26/Lunar+Eclipse+3-2-26-1229.jpg.html>
>
> Hope someone somewhere else had better luck than I.
>
> For those interested, these are cropped quite a bit.   Taken with my 
> Nikon 300/4 PE lens and a 1.4x attached to my Nikon Z7ii
>
>
> Aram
>

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Matthew Hunt
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