wparsonsgisnet Posted February 21, 2008 Share #1 Posted February 21, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I ran in and out of the house about 15 times last night, between 9pm and about 10:15. The full eclipe started at 10:01 in Boston (and other Right Coast cities). This was taken with the M8, a 75 'lux, at 2 seconds, f1.4. It has been cropped with no other manipulation. My screen at work sucks, so I'll look to see what I can do when I get home tonite. It surpised me how cold 20 degrees can be even without a wind when you're not paying attention to the weather. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Hi wparsonsgisnet, Take a look here Lunar Eclypse -- damn it was cold . I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wparsonsgisnet Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted February 21, 2008 Gasp: censored (moved). Yowee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 21, 2008 Share #3 Posted February 21, 2008 Yes, moved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miami91 Posted February 21, 2008 Share #4 Posted February 21, 2008 I took a few with my Leica spotting scope and Digilux 3 last night (digiscoping) --- will try to upload a couple over the next few days. Haven't seen them on the computer screen yet, but via the camera LCD it looks like I got a couple of interesting results. When the moon was in full shadow it actually didn't result in very interesting pictures --- too dark. But with the growing sliver illuminated, it was pretty dramatic. You think it was cold in Boston watching the eclispse?? Nothing compared to Minneapolis. It was about -10 F last night, and in order to work the finicky contraption of spotting scope, bracket, and Digilux, I had to have bare hands. At one point after a few snaps, I took the camera back inside, left the scope on my patio, and when I came back out 20 minutes later the metal of the scope was so cold it actually felt like it was burning my hand when I moved it about on the tripod for repositioning. Jeff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted February 21, 2008 I took a few with my Leica spotting scope and Digilux 3 last night (digiscoping) --- You think it was cold in Boston watching the eclispse?? Nothing compared to Minneapolis... QUOTE] The temperature changes are, of course, why we choose to live in these places. What was really fun last nite, in Boston, was that it was partly cloudy. I would get one shot with Saturn showing but not Bettlegus, and the next without Saturn but with Bettlegus. I like the shots that also show the other plants and suns along with the moon. It's really tricky to get them in the same shot, so my moon shots are all burnt out. Here's another, with an airplane to the right (not a planet or star). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miami91 Posted February 21, 2008 Share #6 Posted February 21, 2008 I like that last shot --- very nice. As for choice of places to live, I certainly didn't choose to live here for the weather, and can't imagine anyone who would! There's other reasons to like Minneapolis --- vibrant economy, cheap cost of living compared to other big cities, good public services/education, etc. But the winters are brutal. Have to confess, I didn't choose to live here at all --- moved here for a woman. Given that we're no longer married, I'm not sure this was a good decision... Jeff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Printmaker Posted February 21, 2008 Share #7 Posted February 21, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Nice shot! Change of seasons? I guess. Here its 5° colder in the winter and it rains more. Still, I come to the studio every day in shorts and an aloha shirt. Shoes? Never! You can keep the cold... and the snow... and the ice... and the slush coming up over your boots as busses and trucks splash brown salt melt over your clothes. Nope, don't miss it at all. Someone got a shot of the Eclipse from Maui but from where I live, it was over by the time the moon came up over the mountain. Oh well. 2010. Slow today, bored and just being a wise ass. Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB Posted February 22, 2008 Share #8 Posted February 22, 2008 I was doing the same thing last night Bill in the hills of New Hampshire. I haven't warmed up yet. Bone-chilling cold outside. At some point I lost sensation in my fingers and couldn't manipulate the controls. I was outside long enough that when I came back indoors the cold-soaked M8 and lens became completely covered in heavy condensation. Looked like I had given them a shower. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted February 22, 2008 Share #9 Posted February 22, 2008 Bill In b&w it's nice and better Good capture and patience under cold weather .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share #10 Posted February 22, 2008 Thanks, guys. I'm all warm again. Someone sent me a multiple exposure shot over a lighthouse, showing the phases of the partial as the moon moved across the sky (egocentric point of view, of course, as the earth was also moving). It freaked me out. The lighthouse had enough light on it (from 7 or 8 exposures) that it looked like it was in the daylight, and the rocky shore in the foreground had enuf light to discern it. The multiple moons gave it an otherworldly look that shivered your spine. I prefer simple shots. Regards to all, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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