Lunar Eclipse tonite...

[Tour2ma]

From Spaceweather.com...LUNAR ECLIPSE: Don't forget, there's a lunar eclipse this week visible from six continents.

In the Americas, the event begins Wednesday night, Oct. 27th, at 9:14 p.m. EDT (6:14 p.m. PDT).

Visit http://SpaceWeather.com for more information.

[dorokusai]

I thought the eclipse started this morning, but it was just a bottlecap in my eye.

[faster100]

heres a few pictures i just took

[faster100]

and closer, will try some more later when its further along..

[HBombToo]

outstanding JOB!

1/4twin

[faster100]

To far gone for my lense, but here it is all covered

[Tour2ma]

Originally posted by dorokusai
I thought the eclipse started this morning, but it was just a bottlecap in my eye. Waaaaaaa... Eye sockets are great for those stubborn twist-offs.

Faster,
Is that last shot the moon or Uranus? (rim shot.... bada... bum)

[faster100]

could be either as dark as it is :D

[disneyjoe7]

Ok, check this one out ;)

[dlew308]

trees blocked me earlier grrr, not much left at this time, maybe next time

http://www.hoodrichproductions.com/orange.jpg

[dorokusai]

Very nice Dlew.

[dlew308]

thanks :)

[faster100]

what size lens you use to get those closeups?

[disneyjoe7]

Faster,

I used a 200mm zoom on a tri-pod, so what Dlew post looks bigger then that sweet.

[faster100]

Cool, what camera.. I have a Fuji S5000 and i used a 2x telephoto on the end, Its 10x optical zoom.. not sure what that equates to in MM size.. I want a much larger zoom lens for it though..

[disneyjoe7]

Faster,

I use a Canon Digital Rebel SLR.

[mhardy6647]

Snapped a few photos last night during the duller portions of the game. Here's one at near totality (ca. 10:50pm EDT).

[dlew308]

faster100: i shot mine at 300mm on a nikon D100

[disneyjoe7]

Originally posted by dlew308
i shot mine at 300mm on a nikon D100

Sweet Nikon D100 is a Digital SLR also right? 300mm lens nice I will be looking for one of those for my digital camara.

[dlew308]

Yes it's a DSLR.
I have an el cheapo Nikon 70-300mm zoom lens
but it did ok last night :)

[NuckingFuts]

Yeah, 300mm would be sweet for my Canon 10D.

Outstanding shot dlew!

[petrym]

Great photo dlew308 :D

I was under the clouds for this one. I do remember seeing lunar eclipses two years in a row when I was in Turkey, Octobers 1985 and 1986.

[dlew308]

Thanks :)

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

Dlew...

Everytime I look at yours, I expect to see some huge arse Movie companies name fly across the front!

Excellent picture!

[dlew308]

ok one more before i go home, it's the full moon after the eclipse, it's large so i'll just link to it

http://hoodrichproductions.com/moon102704.jpg

[disneyjoe7]

Originally posted by dlew308
ok one more before i go home, it's the full moon after the eclipse, it's large so i'll just link to it

http://hoodrichproductions.com/moon102704.jpg


Do this for a living?

And got to say excellent shot frankly just a little jealous.

Also this :D

>>I have an el cheapo Nikon 70-300mm zoom lens<<

That lens was properly more then some camera’s out there.

[dlew308]

I'm a nerdy Unix Systems Admin by day/nite and do photography for fun on weekend :)

Seriously it's a cheap nikon lens, stores sell it for $130 new.
I got it with 2 lens set for $106 shipped on ebay and sold the other for $50...so $56 :)

[disneyjoe7]

Dlew,

Can you give me some pointers on that photo, just compaired to mine it's looks so much better.

Manual mode I'm thinking, did mine in Aperure-Priority.:(

[dlew308]

Sure. Think of the moon in terms of brightness of the Sun. Ap Priority won't work right. When it's this bright try f/8 and 1/125
Vary the shutter speeds until you get it to your liking....tonight is a good night to try again.
Some say the sunny method, f/16 and 1/iso-speed#
Since it's brightness varies, start from one point and go from there

Good luck :)

[disneyjoe7]

Dlew,


Thanks for the pointer, the picture was much improved even if it was a cloudy night. Now I think it was the 300mm lens difference. The D100 has a mag factor right 1.5 or so?

[Tour2ma]

Originally posted by dlew308
trees blocked me earlier grrr, not much left at this time, maybe next time Gotta love an optimist... Next eclipse of a full moon is in like 300 years...

Great shots guys... plenty o' new screen savers...

[dlew308]

Yes the nikon has a 1.5 factor, 300 = 450 in 35mm speak. Most Canons are a 1.6.

[Bonham]

A little bit ironic. I've got the Canon Digi Rebel and a 75-300mm lens and I was debating on if I should bother getting a doubler. Would have been nice for that eclipse.

[faster100]

I looked them up, you guys have some serious camera's... Mine is like a beginner's compared.. I love it but the lack of lens options stinks... and i can't afford a full Slr digital.. I love taking pictures too. always have since i was a kid.. :)

Nice pics again,

[disneyjoe7]

Originally posted by Bonham
A little bit ironic. I've got the Canon Digi Rebel and a 75-300mm lens and I was debating on if I should bother getting a doubler. Would have been nice for that eclipse.



I loved to have that Canon Digital Rebel and a 75-300mm lens, then the knowledge and the ability to compare that picture from Dlew how sweet it was.

Just have to say love this forum has we share what works and why it might. More like a "Family" then forum members.

Thanks again to Dlew for the tip on taking better Moon pictures.

Ok soft side of DisneyJoe7, Back to old self.

[Bonham]

I waited to buy a digital camera until I could get a good one with interchangable lenses. The Canon Digital Rebel just seemed the best compromise of everything I wanted at the time I wanted it.

I have to say I've been impressed with the use I've gotten from it and some of the actual results. Bought it only a few months before going to England for three weeks and took close to 2200 pictures. Just the cost to buy that much film and develop it justified the heafty cost of the camera itself. From the sample photos I've seen from other SLR's the Canon just had better color overall.

Also got some pics of the NASCAR races at the start of Sept in Cali... to actually be able to get a perfectly clear (in focus) pic of a NASCAR passing directly in front of me on the track (I think we were 34 rows back) surprised me. A shot I took of a helicopter stopped the rotors dead in the picture (which actually made the shot look funny since you don't get the sense that the blades are moving).

I have picked up the doubler. So I've effectively got a potential 960mm zoom now (300x2x1.6). I think that's around x20 zoom on a standard digi camera. You can basically print a 24x36 photo and not lose any quality. Even if you're not going to blow your typical picture up that far it does allow you to zoom into a small section of a photo and still retain good picture quality.

Fortunately the 75-300mm lens I have has a built in image stablizer, so I can take shots by hand without any loss of focus even into twilight, but and night you absolutely have to have a tripod and either use a remote or the timer to take pictures in focus (which is why I don't have any decent shots of the eclipse).

I'll get the best pic off the camera and try to post it here, but I doubt it'll be very in focus as I was just holding the camera by hand and the shutter was open for a full second.

[Bonham]

Hmmm. I apparently don't know how to insert a picture into a post. :rolleyes:

[disneyjoe7]

Ok, I can help here. Since you can only post a 100k picture or less. You first need to resize your picture, by using Win XP emailing file / picture back to your self in a smaller size. Now with the smaller size just post new message and on bottom of message it say's to insert file you insert now smaller photo. Your done.

[Tour2ma]

... and do not try to Preview post... if you do the pic appears in the preview, but never makes it to the final post...

[disneyjoe7]

Originally posted by Tour2ma
... and do not try to Preview post... if you do the pic appears in the preview, but never makes it to the final post...


Thanks, since I never did that I never had that problem. Learning something new everyday.

[Bonham]

Here's a good one of a sunset in Harlech in the northern Wales region of the UK.

[Bonham]

Let's try that again...

[disneyjoe7]

Nice..

That Camera can really make an impact on people at times....

[Bonham]

Sorry. That last ones a bit big, but I posted it that way so you can just fit it barely onto your screen. Here's some slightly smaller samples...

[Bonham]

Caerphilly Castle

[Bonham]

Conwy Castle

[Strong Bad]

Are you a photographer? Those are some excellant pics!

I've been wanting to get a digital SLR. I really wanted to go for the Canon D20, but it's just too steep in price right now for the package I want.

The Digital Rebel looks like it really rocks! I may have to reconsider looking at that one.


John

[Bonham]

I'm not a professional photographer. I didn't even sleep at a Holiday Inn last night. ;)

Seriously though, I did take a photography class in college (which is more then most people do... so it helped some) and I did have that teacher enter a picture I took into a creative arts magazine, which I didn't know about until I "won" and it was published. I supposedly have (so I'm told) a "good eye" for cool shots. But still, if you ask me, when you take 2200 pictures on a vacation you could be a complete dolt and get a few good shots. :D Of course, a lot of photographers will also tell you they take loads and loads of pictures of which only a handful are 'professional' quality. So I don't know if I should consider myself talented or not. Heh.

I do have a lot of cool pics apart from these, but I didn't want to fill the thread with a bunch of pictures (basically come across as showing off).

Oh... on which Canon to buy (if it's Canons you're considering), if you're not hard on things you can get away with the Digital Rebel, but if you tend to be even a little hard on your toys, get the next step up. It's body and other components on it are made from metal instead of plastic. In either case, spend a little cash on a good padded carry bag that'll fit the camera, a standard lens, and a zoom lens. My bag was about $60, but it's padded, has a built in 'poncho' for rain, and can hold the Camera, the charger (and cord), a 18-55mm lens, a 75-300mm lens, and the doubler all in the main pocket (modifiable with velcro wall dividers) and all the spare components go into the small front pocket: Spare battery, extra compact flash card, small notebook and pen, a pen flashlight, etc. There are side pockets that I tossed an umbrella and a mini (maybe 9" tall?) tripod into either side too.

[disneyjoe7]

Bonham,

Hey, what do you think about JPG and RAW?

Do you shot in JPG or RAW?

[Bonham]

I've just been using JPG. Where my Camera is a 6.3mp and I have a 1gig card it allows me to take almost 300 pictures at full resolution, allowing me to take a full days worth of pictures without running out of space (if I was using RAW I wouldn't be able to go a full day of all out picture taking like I did in England). Then I can just download them directly onto my laptown when I get home (or to the hotel). And it's going to be rare I need better quality then the full 6.3mp resolution. I do carry a 256meg backup card however just in case.

To be honest I don't even know much about the software I'd be using to mess with the RAW images anyhow. That's the nice thing about the camera... I can get as simple or as complicated as I want. I can go full manual or I can just put it on full auto. Usually I use something in between (set the f-stop and apature for example). There are pre-sets for certain uses too; Sport (speed), Portrait (put the background out of focus for example), Landscape (everything is in focus), etc.

[disneyjoe7]

Bonham,

I my self use the same camera and use JPG. Tried RAW but it really didn't make a difference to me, so I back to JPG. If you shot that much you don't really have to time to reconvert back to JGP from RAW or JIF. :)

[dlew308]

Alright I made it back from vacationing in Maui


http://www.hoodrichproductions.com/dsc_6019.jpg

[RuSsMaN]

Buddy of mine in Chicago snapped these pics over the last 2 weeks. Lunar Eclipse and Northern Lights....

http://www.txraves.org/~magnetik/pictures/northern/default.html

Cheers,
Russ

[HBombToo]

Thanks Russ.

I'm thinking the sky became so black we are now capable of seeing Arora Borialis(ch sp)

HBomb

[HBombToo]

Originally posted by dlew308
Alright I made it back from vacationing in Maui


http://www.hoodrichproductions.com/dsc_6019.jpg

Got any good stuff:D

[dlew308]

Here's some of the pix, still have more to add
Inside is also many halloween shots from Maui's mardi gras like parade

http://www.hoodrichproductions.com/dlew/gallery/maui2004

[Tour2ma]

Sunset one was pretty sweet, but methinks Henry's angling for something more in the babe-a-licious category... preferably bathing suit optional...

[dlew308]

Sorry there was some of those during the parade but they hid on the sidewalks and virtaully ran by....
Plus the wife factor :)

[George Grand]

The lunar eclipse was a bust here on the East coast due to cloud cover.

What was awesome this morning was the crescent moon a couple degrees above Jupiter (one, BIG, BAD, mother), and quite a few degrees above Venus, which was as bright as a flashlight. Should be visible tomorrow in the early morning again. A real spectacle from here.

George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)

[HBombToo]

Originally posted by George Grand
Jupiter (one, BIG, BAD, mother)
George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)

My favorite. what an awesome planet:)


if I could only understand a quasar....
:rolleyes:

1/2twin

[George Grand]

You got it Henry. Jupiter be da man! Saturn be da assistant man.

George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)

[HBombToo]

and ORION is my favorite constellation.

[George Grand]

I knew that.

George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)

[HBombToo]

this is a Kodak moment:D

[Bonham]

You're not getting my bud light.

[HBombToo]

Originally posted by Bonham
You're not getting my bud light.

huh

[Tour2ma]

Been messing around with my little Canon Elph and a pair of Sears binoculars...

Subject matter is a hawk that has taken to fishing in a nearby bayou and dining in a tree across from the house...

Here's a fully zoomed Elph shot...

[Tour2ma]

Here's zoomed plus binoculars...

I love the look in that eye... it says, "Dead meat."

[mhardy6647]

hm... that looks more like an osprey to me :-)

Nice picture. We snap a lot of digital photos through my wife's spotting scope. She's a very serious birder...

[Tour2ma]

Thanks, mrh.... Been sending that photo to some birds of prey web-sites and have yet to get an ID in response...

"Little" fellow (albout a 5' wing span) moved on when a front came through a couple days ago and dropped the temp into the low 40's. Hopefully he'll be back when it warms up. Fishing was awful good here... at least 3 a day in the 2 - 3# range...

[mhardy6647]

First Osprey photo I found, courtesy of Google:

www.geometer.org/TT2004/ Photos/images/Osprey.jpg

they're common on the Chesapeake Bay in MD (where I grew up) and not at all uncommon up here in MA in the warm weather. They are migratory, and they DO love to fish :-)

BTW, I think I forgot to mention that your photo of Junior with his (or her) fish is quite nice! Just e-mailed a copy to my wife...

[Tour2ma]

Thatsa my bird... Thanks... Did not realize Ospreys were so big.

One neat thing happened after "lunch' one day. I saw the fish skeleton drop so I knew he was done eating, but he kept opening his beak and leaning down as if he still had desert or something.

After watching a while it was apparent what he was doing was the equivalent of us licking our fingers after a bucket of KFC. He was just opening wide and running his tongue along both sides of each claw.

Anyway, it was fun observing him for a while..

[mhardy6647]

Yup, they're big. Wouldn't want to meet one in a dark alley, 'specially if I were carrying a fish...