Full moon eclipse tonight!...........

[Mr Noble]

.................starting at 1am, for those of you who don't have work tomorrow, its crystal clear out there right now (in the east at least) and the last full moon eclipse for 7 years is about to kick off.


Lets have some quality montages up here tomorrow

G

(unfortunatly I've got a big meeting with a big furniture retailer tomorrow morning)

[Goldeeno]

It keeps clouding over a bit, i went out and had a few burst shots, to get set-up, although with work im not sure if im gonna be able to stick it out?
Any tips on settings, these were the best i got, about 1/60th, ISO 100, f4-6ish.... but they dont seem to clear to me??? I used the tripod and camera timer.
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[blondemoment]

Nice pics - unfortunately it is cloudy here & the Moon is the size of a pimple!

Looking forward to some shots from those who are brave enough not to sleep!!

[Bensonv8]

I had a go last year, quite pleased with the results,
I'll be up tonight to have another go.

Edited by Bensonv8 on Thursday 21st February 00:27

[Bensonv8]

Goldeeno said:

It keeps clouding over a bit, i went out and had a few burst shots, to get set-up, although with work im not sure if im gonna be able to stick it out?
Any tips on settings, these were the best i got, about 1/60th, ISO 100, f4-6ish.... but they dont seem to clear to me??? I used the tripod and camera timer.

I'm no expert, but, I set everything to manual
Manual focus, set to infinity.
Fastest ISO (my camera only goes up to ISO400)
About F3.5 (Iris setting !!? small F no = Big Iris)
for a bright full moon 1/1000 shutter
fully elclipsed moon dowwn to 1/60 shutter speed.
(mainly trial and error, with a lot of errors !!!)

but i'll deffer to anyone who thinks i'm wrong

[Famous Graham]

Nothing visible in Edinburgh 100% cloud cover.

As for those looking for suggestions, ramp the aperture up to about f/13. You don't need close DOF or swift shutters.

[Jenx]

Wouldn't focusing on infinity give a soft image?

[jagdpanther]

Nothing viewable up until late last night..decided to go to bed

[dickymint]

Mr Noble said:

.................starting at 1am, for those of you who don't have work tomorrow, its crystal clear out there right now (in the east at least) and the last full moon eclipse for 7 years is about to kick off.

Nope next one is in 2010...........

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEcat/LEdeca...

[Bensonv8]

Jenx said:

Wouldn't focusing on infinity give a soft image?

On my display it's got a guide of 2m, 3m, (a gap) 5m, (a slightly bigger gap with 20 steps) then infinity.
I figured the moon is closer to infinity than 5m.
I also figured that it wasn't intended to be used for taking pictures at 240,000 miles. But i will try coming off infinity by a few steps.
Thanks

[RobDickinson]

Trouble with lens design is due to conditions you can often go past infinity so you've got to be carefull.

[JustinP1]

RobDickinson said:

Trouble with lens design is due to conditions you can often go past infinity so you've got to be carefull.

Not quite as catchy as Buzz Lightyear's catchphrase is it?

[CAB]

JustinP1 said:

RobDickinson said:

Trouble with lens design is due to conditions you can often go past infinity so you've got to be carefull.

Not quite as catchy as Buzz Lightyear's catchphrase is it?

Very good!!

[Bensonv8]

RobDickinson said:

Trouble with lens design is due to conditions you can often go past infinity so you've got to be carefull.

If you go past infinity, doesn't that become infinity ???

JustinP1 said:

Not quite as catchy as Buzz Lightyear's catchphrase is it?

Nice One,............

[Bensonv8]

Mr Noble said:

.................starting at 1am, for those of you who don't have work tomorrow, its crystal clear out there right now (in the east at least) and the last full moon eclipse for 7 years is about to kick off.


Lets have some quality montages up here tomorrow

G

(unfortunatly I've got a big meeting with a big furniture retailer tomorrow morning)

You could of told them you where testing a bed.
Then you could of stayed up and watched the clouds as well.

Edited by Bensonv8 on Thursday 21st February 22:47

[hawkaye]

Bensonv8 said:

You could of told them you where testing a bed.
Then you could of stayed up and watched the clouds as well.

slightly off topic here, but what is it with people using "of" instead of "have"?

[Blukoo]

Gutted I missed the eclipse, but I did manage to get this shot. Well, it was about 5 shots all put together. A little blurry cos I don't have my tripod, so all the shots were hand-held.

[Bensonv8]

hawkaye said:

Bensonv8 said:

You could of told them you where testing a bed.
Then you could of stayed up and watched the clouds as well.

slightly off topic here, but what is it with people using "of" instead of "have"?

I could of used "have" instead of "of" or i could of used "could've"
Ok, so i'm not a professional writer
If i was talking to the queen i might of used "have"
also it sounds like a mix of past and present tense. i know it's not.
I will try to do better in the future.

but i found this explanation

—Pronunciation note Because the preposition of, when unstressed (a piece of cake), and the unstressed or contracted auxiliary verb have (could have gone, could've gone) are both pronounced /əv/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uhv] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation or /ə/[uh] in connected speech, inexperienced writers commonly confuse the two words, spelling have as of (I would of handed in my book report, but the dog ate it). Professional writers have been able to exploit this spelling deliberately, especially in fiction, to help represent the speech of the uneducated: If he could of went home, he would of.
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