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FramedByNature — Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse
Published: 2010-12-21 21:19:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 6293; Favourites: 458; Downloads: 0
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Canon EOS 5D mk175-300mm telephoto
composite of 5 images
"This lunar eclipse [fell] on the date of the northern winter solstice. How rare is that? Total lunar eclipses in northern winter are fairly common. There have been three of them in the past ten years alone. A lunar eclipse smack-dab on the date of the solstice, however, is unusual. Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory inspected a list of eclipses going back 2000 years. 'Since Year 1, I can only find one previous instance of an eclipse matching the same calendar date as the solstice, and that is 1638 DEC 21,' says Chester. 'Fortunately we won't have to wait 372 years for the next one...that will be on 2094 DEC 21.'"
- NASA.gov
I was pretty bummed yesterday evening when I saw that our forecast for the night of a total lunar eclipse was cloudy. Just as I was heading to bed, I noticed some moonlight filtering in through the window. Moonlight? It was clear! To make a long story short, I got 2 hours of sleep on the night before my first semester exams.
I've seen others do this type of composite image before, so I decided to try my hand at it. Pretty pleased with the result!
Please tell me what you think!
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Yeah, they're really tough to shoot. It was great to see
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Ahhhhhhh....
I had clouds. It only peeked though after totality.
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I wanted to do something like this but I missed out since I had to work a 12 hr. shift starting at 10am.. Me with less than 7 hrs. sleep + a long shift dealing with people = a not so happy Lissy. But this is pretty darn cool.
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Thanks! Sorry you missed it. In all honesty though, it wasn't the most exciting thing to watch
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Oh, this is perfect! I caught the end of the eclipse and it looked like the moon was splashed red. Absolutely beautiful, great shots.
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Thank you very much!
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i didnt get to see it.. had work the next day D: but its so beautiful! thanks for the shots.. showed me what i missed 
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Glad I could share it with you
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How the heck did you manage to get such a good shot with a 75-300mm lens?! I have the same lens and I don't know if I could do that well. lol then again, I'm kind of new to my camera, maybe I'm just doing something wrong. This is amazing!
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That's a good question. Definitely not my favorite lens, always seems soft and hardly ever hits the focus. These were manually focused shots (awfully tough when the moon was so dark). I bumped the aperture up to f/8.0. Of course, the shots still turned out a little blurry. The image has been cropped in, and the moons have been sharpened using an unsharp mask
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Ahhh, I see. (: Thank you for explaining it to me. What IS your favorite lens?
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I love my 50mm f/1.4... but I think my favorite would have to be my Tamron 10-24mm
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Mmm, thank you! I need to start saving for new lenses.
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Thank you very much
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Ah you had the same situation I had! It was cloudy that night but you could still see some of the moon. As I was watching what I could the coolest thing happened. Wind started blowing and it cleared away a big ring around where the moon was. I was up until 2 am watching the thing and would have watched it longer had I not had a final that day xD
Great photos!
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Thank you very much! I watched it up to when it reached the peak of totality, but I didn't stay around for the second half
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Yeah it was supposed to go until four in the morning...yeah no thanks I was kind of tottering on my feet by the time I was ready to head to bed. I'm such a softie at staying up late!
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You're so lucky, I didn't get to see it because of the rain D;
It looks wonderful though!
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Thanks! Glad I could share it
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I'm so jealous, this is beautiful. I wanted to photograph the eclipse and make a time lapse video, but it was too cloudy to see anything! Great job.
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Bah, double post. I apologize. Stupid laptop.
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I'm so jealous, this is beautiful. I wanted to photograph the eclipse and make a time lapse video, but it was too cloudy to see anything! Great job.
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Thank you! A time lapse would have been really interesting if you had a tracking mount, so you could zoom in really close.
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I'm sooo happy you got this!!!!
I had a feeling you would
It looks great, by the way. You really captured it so well!
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Thank you very much! Interesting to think how many people were staring at the moon at the same time
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I never thought of it that way, haha!
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I saw this as well here in Iceland. I had clear skyes the whole time. Didnt get any good pics though, my camera is crap
Beautifull picture
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Thank you very much! We almost got fogged out, I was worried
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:c it was cloudy round here so we couldnt see it at all
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Aww, I'm sorry
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Man, I saw it and it didn't look as amazing as this pic XD. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
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I really wanted to see it...but stupid hawaii had 100% cloud coverage that night/morning.....fail
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Oh, it's beautiful (:>
I wish I could've seen it. We had a snowstorm instead though
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Thank you! Sorry to hear that
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That's beautiful. I hate that I wasn't able to see it, but you captured it beautifully. Good job!
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Thank you very much! Glad you like it
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Thanks for this shot! It was completely cloudy all night where I am and I couldn't see any of it. Great shot(s)!
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Thanks! Glad I could share it with those who weren't as lucky
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Ooooh this is wonderful. I live in south western Pennsylvania, and sadly we started with a clear night but got cloud cover in the early morning.
Great photos!
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