Anyone snapping the solstice lunar eclipse ?

But is it all that interesting to photograph?
I've seen a lunar eclipse, just by eye, in a clear sky. And although it is interesting it really isn't all that interesting. The moon just got darker with a dark red hue.
From an image point of view you could just change the colour in Photoshop of the normal moon and get just about the same thing I would think.

 

Thanks party pooper!  

 

Few clouds and 63F - y'all Limeys can suck it!  

 

its way to cloudy  

 

It's dismal here in Ky too - full cloud and snow. Then again, I'm a Limey.  

 

Eclipse? There's an eclipse?:smile::smile:

Ooops, sorry. Wrong continent.

Took these last night.

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Let's see some results......cloudy and snowy here!

 

Taken with the 45-200mm handheld in California. My tripod won't let me point nearly straight up.

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Oh, I found a mini tripod that worked. :smile:

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that is an extraordinary image ... works beautifully at this size+resolution

 

Awesome stuff rpress!

and gordon, what did you take those on? hawt!

 

No doubt. Like we've been used to the last three weeks.

Oh and don't forget to mention the freezing rain.

 

Well done Rpress, a decent picture.
Anyone else got it?

 

EP2 with panasonic 45-200. Around f8. With a tripod.

Really like rpress' shot. Great capture of the colour and detail in the moon.

Gordon

 

flasn and rpress - thank you!

I'm such an idiot, I knew about it and thought about it...and went to bed and promptly forgot all about it! I could have used my daughter's Olympus E620, too. Maybe she remembered to try it?

You both have taken great shots - very different.

 

This really is exceptional.

 

Sorry, I was being a bit curmudgeonly.

It was totally clouded over here, like it has been for weeks and weeks and weeks.

 

Thanks for the compliments guys!

I was experimenting with the "negative space" to give more a feeling of the expansive sky while keeping some detail. Also if I zoomed in any more it would be blurry. :smile: I tried to crop it so it was more interesting with a couple stars here and there and not a "mugshot" of the moon.

It seemed to work I guess?

I wonder how the 100-300 would compare to my 45-200 in this case? The 45-200 seemed to put forth a good effort.