Wednesday, February 20, 2008

lunar Eclipse

No stamping tonight we spent the evening outside watching the eclipse so thought I would share a few of the shots with you here. So exciting no matter how many times you see it. It was a cold night and finding a spot in town that wasn't to bright yet close to home because of having to work till almost eclipse time.



The above is the moon fully eclipsed.


This last photo was taken at about 8 seconds so that the two planets could be visible in the shot.

All shots were taken with a Sony A100, on a tripod, at about f11 or F16, ranged from 60th of sec to 8 seconds, with 400 iso. Mostly a learning experience for me. I would love to have a bigger lens someday to get real close. oh well always 2010.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

see, I didn't miss it...you DVR'd it for me! Thanks.

Nardi said...

WOW! What fantastic photos to capture the moment!

Swamp Tulip said...

WOW - great photos!

Teresa

Godelieve said...

Spectacular photos! Thanks for sharing!

Debbi said...

Fabulous pictures. We had so many clouds. Thanks for sharing!

Lastel said...

Awesome , you got some great shots !

Anonymous said...

gorgeous photos! I could have looked out my window and watched it but completely forgot - darn it!

Lesly said...

These are fabulous! It was too cloudy in Colorado to see it. We'll have to wait until 2010. Thank you for sharing.

Kerilou said...

Very cool!! I got to see quite a bit of it, we had a clear night! Keri

Carolyn King said...

amazing pictures....thanks for sharing them as i missed it!

Catherine said...

cool pics..thanks for sharing!

Joani McDonald said...

How cool. I missed it, but thanks to you I got to see it!
Thank you for sharing.
Hugs,
Joani

flourishes said...

OMG these are stunning...I am so glad you shared them with us...I love the night moon and this was grand to see!
Jan Marie (flourishes)

Amanda G said...

sniff, sniff it was too cloudy for me to see it :(

jjcreations said...

Oh my word your photos are fantastic. We had a good view outside of Edmonton Alberta....Didn't have my camera with me though.

katiesniche said...

Those photos are amazing!!!

Anonymous said...

beautiful photos!

Karen said...

Great photos! We enjoyed watching the eclispe too, but due to the advantageous placing of our windows, we were able to see it from a warm vantage point!

cheryl (clee') said...

Thanks for sharing the photo - they're excellent!. I did see a bit of the eclipse in MN - not too cloudy - but didn't take photos.

Mindy said...

Incredible pictures! Thanks so much for sharing. It was too cloudy here to see it. I'll have to remember to show these to my stepson!

Jennifer Love said...

WOW! Those are INCREDIBLE pictures! Great job!

Tami in OH said...

I was so excited to remember to run out and see this - we had a great view of it here - looks like you did too! :)

Unknown said...

These are truly amazing, thank you so much for sharing them with us. I'm going to have my nieces check out your site. We had just been talking about this!!
diane