Last Night's Moon Show. Post yours too!

all the crazies that stayed up half the night to see the moon change colour, stick them in here

I didn't get to see the full coverage thanks to the clouds, but they finally parted just after.


Lunar Eclipse by NismoR31, on Flickr

Shot on a 5D2 + 70-200 2.8 IS II w/ Kenko 2xTC

 

I drove over 120km in the hunt for some clear skies!

Damn cloudy skies Adelaide

Nice shot thought What's it like 100% crop?

 

Oh nice. I was up all night.. but for a different reason. I did catch a glimpse of it, but clouds covered it up before I could get my tripod out.

 

Hmm i couldent get it once it turned red, on my end it just wasnt bright enough to capture! All the shots came out black ;(

 

A learning exercise but still happy with the results...

#1

Red Moon 11 Dec 2011 - 12.33 am by peterb666, on Flickr

#2

Red Moon 11 Dec 2011 - 12.40 am by peterb666, on Flickr

#3

Red Moon 11 Dec 2011 - 1.08 am by peterb666, on Flickr

#4

Red Moon 11 Dec 2011 - 1.56 am by peterb666, on Flickr

#5

Red Moon 11 Dec 2011 2.07am by peterb666, on Flickr

Shots 1-4 were taken with a Nikon D90 and Sigma 150-500 zoom. No #5 was taken with an Olympus E-P3 and Olympus 45mm f/1.8. White balance for shots 1-4 was set to approximately 'daylight'. The white balance in #5 is a compromise between the competing elements and the strange long-exposure white balance in the Olympus.

The next red moon is in April 2014, for that I will up the ISO (1 to 4 are set to ISO400) and shorten the shutter speed. Stuff over 1 second was not sharp enough. That moon moves too quickly.

 

Only had a 70-200mm so it's cropped a bit.


Lunar Eclipse by Tim Swinson | Kingbob.net, on Flickr

 

I have already posted mine in "Photo of the Week"

 

Perfect night here in Perth. Not a single cloud in the sky. A nice moon in the perfect position... but!!!!!!!!!!

It didn't turn red.. It looked like it just went a dull white.
I was expecting.. a bright red.. and was disappointed.

 

I am in Perth too, it sure went bright red for me... what time were you looking?

 

Was red for me too, even in this shot I took with lens flare (or sort of a lens flare) ... Althought at one stage it was a light grey.

 

Here is my take on the eclipse. Perth sky was awesome clear, exept for 20min at the beginning of totality when a cloud decided to pass infront.

This is a stack of images spanning about 45min. I used the upside down GND trick to allow more light from the sky in. Am still trying to work out if theres a way to bring out the fainter trails a bit more. Might also add some eairlier shots of the moon before it went red.


perth eclipse2 by NecronoM, on Flickr

Edit: tried brightening the sky a bit

 

very cool

you might like to make the sky (sans moons) its own selection and try playing around with curves/levels etc on an adjustment layer. you should be able to pull out a bit more detail that way

 

Brighter:

Red_Moon (2 of 3) by lukeo_au, on Flickr

During the eclipse before it went red:

Red_Moon (3 of 3) by lukeo_au, on Flickr

Same shot processed three different ways, Bright:

Red_Moon (1 of 3) by lukeo_au, on Flickr

Natural:

Red_Moon (4 of 3) by lukeo_au, on Flickr

Red:

Red_Moon (5 of 3) by lukeo_au, on Flickr

 

Moon shot threads, how I love these

Full moon from February this year with no Photoshop and original, the photo is just cropped;


Moon by lesovers, on Flickr

 

Here's mine......

 

Very nice - what lens did you use?

 

Whats the upside down GND Trick?

 

Here is my contribution, better late than never


Eclipse during


Eclipse after, exposed for the shadow.


Eclipse after, exposed for the sunlight.

 

Use an ND grad with the dark part at the bottom of the frame to darken the city lights. See Matt-Chops thread here