Lunar Eclipse 2 by Zofodon
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To try and capture the full eclipse I put my D200 in Bulb mode and shot at exposures of about 5 seconds. I was initially frustrated at how the pictures kept coming out fuzzy, until I looked at them in sequence and realized my exposures were long enough for the moon to move across the screen. It helped that the moon didn't completely go black, it was lit partly by "earth shine," light coming from the Earth, and also by light refracted by dust in the atmosphere. While today such a display is a curiosity, I can imagine the effect it had on people in primitive times.
Comments (7)
Dakotatookit
great capture. i wish my camera would have worked well enough to get something this great! it was a beautiful eclipse though.
thevolunteer
Well done. I think my exposure was a little too long too. Maybe that is why I couldn't get the moonscape well. Great job. Aloha
TamaraDawn
Wonderful capture. It's funny that you said "I can imagine the effect it had on people in primitive times. " Because my boyfriend and I were also talking about that sort of thing last night and what egyptions and such would have thought about it. Thanks for sharing.
jwiest
Looks incredible.
YARDOBE
Ya,they freaked out at the "blood-moon"...now imagine being someone who could predict,through now simple math,when these occurred....WITCH....DEMON....KILL!
odie
Very well done considering your subject wouldn't hold still! I didn't even try to shoot it - we had minus 14 degrees out here. Thank you for uploading this.
Cosine
I think a lot of us learned how hard it is to get good lunar eclipe photos last night. I certainly did. Great shot.