Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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