My take on the eclipse., a photo from South Carolina, South

Photographer's Note

We had a perfect view of the eclipse Wednesday night. Clear skies, warm enough to not need a heavy coat and my grandsons to watch it with me. That was pretty amazing. I didn't bother with EXIF data because these were all taken at different times and at different settings.

Didi, vinicio, crckt, Wandering_Dan, scobert, WaterSprite, isabela_sor, MLINES, jurgen, lucasgalodoido, papagolf21, Vasa, Dyerco, NellyD, carper, gunbud, denisn72, jaywalker, robertosalguero, dareco heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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Didi (61591) 2008-02-22 5:43

Good girl
That's great Shelly for your first experience.
I wish you for the next time a great telescope.
We had a bad weather in France, no luck !
Sincères amitiés.

carmen_alba (126) 2008-02-22 5:43

Very nice composition, you have some very nice photos there and definetly a great view......i love the colors on the last moon the one in the right down corner

good work

vinicio (23423) 2008-02-22 5:49

Very good post of the eclipse, excellent work Shelly, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

jimmj63 (0) 2008-02-22 6:01

brava! a very good job, I like the composition, perfect colors.
ciao from italy
giacomo

crckt (7222) 2008-02-22 6:12

Hi Shelly,
WOW! AMAZING! You were clearly joking when you said that yours were not as good as mine!! Mine are nowhere close to you. The zoom is mindblowing, great timing too. I completely missed the one with the full moon. Thanks for sharing this, certainly the best of the eclipse shots in TE. Congratulations!!
Regards,
Shaeri

Matthew-Watt (5934) 2008-02-22 6:42

Hello Shelly,

Oh how brilliant, very good presentation of this celestial event. I viewed a Lunar Eclipse last year; it was startling to see the shadow moving quite quickly. Good to see comet McNaught in the southern skies in that same year. I think this eclipse was not visible from 'my angle' downunder, but I have heard that this satellite the USA has blown up is set to re-enter over Australia which would be a spectacle worth looking out for. There is nothing else to say about this composite photo, it is exactly as you had hoped it would turn out as, I am sure!

Matt

Wandering_Dan (3449) 2008-02-22 6:48

Hi, Shelly -

Well, another great eclipse sequence! I'm starting to get real annoyed that we had too many clouds here in San Francisco to get good shots!

Dan

Estelle (2766) 2008-02-22 7:58

Hello Shelly,
The eclipse was at about 2am on our side of the world and I didn't bother to wake up in the middle of the night. Thanks for sharing what you saw.

scobert (5355) 2008-02-22 8:07

Hello Shelly,
You did a fantastic job of both photography and of arranging the moon during the various phases of the lunar eclipse. Fortunately you had good skies, but our cloudy skies only allowed us an occasional fuzzy glimpse of the moon. I volunteered at the University of Colorado at Denver astronomy department so I would have been talking to the public anyway. I let a four year old girl look through my telescope (for her first time ever) to look at the top of one of Denver's skyscrapers and she thought that she was looking at a fairy or something. She was funny. Anyway, fantastic work and one that I am really jealous of! Outstanding work!
Stan

WaterSprite (180) 2008-02-22 9:02

Hi Shelly,
Love the arrangement. Looks like you had as much fun as did!! It was freezing up this way! All of your images look amazingly clear and the light balanced well. Don't you love to see the fruits of our labor! Always, TFS
Laura

leo61 (0) 2008-02-22 11:22

Hi Shelly!
6 good shots well combined to a great composition.I like it a lot.
I got up early ,but there were only clouds....
Regards,Leo

MLINES (12516) 2008-02-22 12:10

Hi Shelly. This is a very professional sequence of the eclipse. It is very clear and well laid out. I especially like to see the red one. Great work. TFS. Murray.

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jurgen (2074) 2008-02-22 12:51

I also wanted to do a photocomposition of the eclipse, but sadly here in Munich it was cloudy yesterday. The nights before and even tonight we have clear skies. So is luck. You made all the pictures with the 70-300 mm lens or you used a telescope?
Regards,
Jürgen

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2008-02-22 13:34

Hi Shelly,
fantastic yours captures, the quality are great. In my city the sky was clean too, but I did not take photos...
Congratulations and Hug!

jackart (6702) 2008-02-22 14:28

Hello Shelly!

I planned to take similar serie but sky was very cloudy that night and... I wake up to late ( I was 5:20 AM in Poland) Your serie is excellent.

Best regards
Jacek

Vasa (515) 2008-02-22 15:20

Hi dear Shelly, your very succesful galaxy contact. You reach far away. Congratulations for your idea and for technic quality. Warm regards...Branko

abanibi (749) 2008-02-22 16:37

Hello Shelly! This is a very nice and complete view of the eclipse. Details and sharpness are very good, as well as your presentation. What is clear from the picture is that the red moon is the most difficult to take with the same sharpness because of the long exposure times; however, yours is more than acceptable!
In Spain, the eclipse started on the left of the Moon. I'm preparing a sequence myself which I might post; it'll be interesting to see the differences at both sides of the Atlantic.
Very good work! TFS and best regards,
Inés

Dyerco (10185) 2008-02-22 20:19

WOW Shelly
This is really nice. You at least had clear skies. I tried and got some shots but only when the clouds parted a bit.
Well done.
Phil

papagolf21 (152607) 2008-02-23 0:39

Bonjour, ma très bonne amie Shelly,
Alors là, je m'incline, je fais la révérence tant la beauté de l'ensemble est d'une grande qualité !
Félicitations pour cet exploit ! En France, et particulièrement en région parisienne, le ciel était gris et ne laissait même pas apercevoir la lune.
Grand coup de coeur pour cette superbe réalisation.
Amitiés sincères de France.
Philippe

Tobias__Ortmann (2638) 2008-02-23 2:01

Hi shelly waht a very nice picture
I like the way you put the moons togehter in one picture
I think on the right site the red moon is the beatifullst
good black colours and nice presentatiton
well done
Toba

NellyD (1874) 2008-02-23 2:39

Hi Shelly,

Wow, you were really lucky you got such a clear view. I'm always very impressed by images of the moon, and I like this very much. Your captured has great details and I like this composition.
Good shot!
TFS

Greetings, Nel

carper (96) 2008-02-23 10:57

a very good serie Shelly,
marvelous shots of the eclips, good piece of quality, I like the idea too take more of them, very good photojob here, have a nice evening.
gr. jaap

TopGeo (38220) 2008-02-23 12:58

Hi Shelly an excellent eclipse picture!The word (eclipse=ekleipsh) is Greece word and you produce from (Ec=ek and I am absent=leipw, ekleipsh) that it means I disappear=I am absent. With which way you collected your receptions I know, but I know that they are marvellous picture, I praise
Georgios

gunbud (34066) 2008-02-23 19:13

Hi Shelly,
Wonderful collection of lunar views. The details are marvelous with clear noise free colors. Very effective presentation and lovely subtle framing to this clever image.
Regards, Tom

jmcl (14535) 2008-02-23 22:24

Hi Shelly,

Congrats .. thanks for sharing it .. very well put together .. well worth your effort.
the sudden splash of color in the last one is great.

take care,

John

toto (0) 2008-02-24 3:20

Belle photo de cette éclipse a ces différentes phases, bel ensemble, bon travail avec un 300 seulement.
Jolies couleurs et bonne netteté de l' ensemble des vues.

Amitiés Thomas

denisn72 (8314) 2008-02-24 6:36

Hello Shelly
That's a really brilliant idea you had. We can see perfectly the progression of the eclipse. Congratulations!
Best regards
Denis!

Clementi (52514) 2008-02-24 13:34

Ciao Shelly,
Very good shot of the eclipse,
i like the different moments phases of moon eclipse .
brava
Giorgio

jpinkham (870) 2008-02-24 18:42

A fine capture, composition, and presentation of the eclipse, Shelly. Very nicely seen, conceived, captured, and executed.

Regards,
Jim

jaywalker (16105) 2008-02-25 10:31

Hi Shelly, A wonderful piece of photography &, I always like the way people have all the different stages in one framing, lovely work & your "take on the eclipse" is excellent, kind regards Wilson.

robertosalguero (292) 2008-02-25 21:11

Hello Shelly,

Nice work creating this collage of the different phases of the eclipse. Where I live the moon was visible all night and I took a serious look at the eclipse from my kitchen window. Unfortunately no pictures from me. Good work with the sharpness and exposure. This is awesome.

Roberto

mortijo (12828) 2008-02-27 1:38

Great! Very well done! s Didi sais, next time you do it with a telescope! :-)
Rgeards,
John

jemaflor (148368) 2008-02-27 4:00

Hi Shelly,
Congratulations ! Great result, very good light capture and sharpness, tfs.

dareco (17136) 2008-03-01 22:18

WOW! You have just gotten so creative!!! EXCELLENT! I am very impressed and wish I had your talent :) TFS

Manamo (3710) 2008-03-11 20:08

Hello Shelly!!
I watched the eclipse tooand took tons of shots. I haven't had the time to go through them yet but I don't think mines are as good as those. They must be so nice in full res!! the details are nice!
excellent work Shelly!
Marc