Weird Eclipse Photo
Category: Nature... Photography...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 at 09:12 PM [GMT-6]

I forgot that I had taken some photos of the lunar eclipse a couple of nights back, until I downloaded them this evening along with some house pictures.

I confess that I haven't a clue as to how to take night sky photos. I have a terrible time finding the right focus (you'd think the "infinity" setting would do it, wouldn't you?), and the optimum shutter speed never seems to materialize. Then there's the matter of light pollution in our backyard, thanks to a billion candlepower streetlight the neighbor petitioned the city to install in our alley.

Despite these inadequacies – or, perhaps, because of them – this photo intrigues me. It's almost as if the moon is making a steep re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. I'm pretty sure if that had been the case, I wouldn't have been the only one to notice.

Photo of lunar eclipse with light artifacts

If you want to see the work of a Midlander who actually knows his way around a camera, check out Bleu Chocolate's photo of the moon.

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Comments

Your photo is spectacular and I don't have enough superlatives for the Blue Chocolate photo.

I once took an eclipse photo in the middle of the night, but I forgot to put on my glasses and forgot to focus the image, so all I had was a fuzzy rusty blob and a good laugh.

Posted by: Deborah at February 22, 2008 09:36 PM

Do I get honorable mention?
http://teers.blogspot.com/2008/02/eclipse.html

Posted by: Wallace at February 23, 2008 12:29 AM

Deborah, focus is overrated, in my opinion.

Wallace, I actually checked Streams first to see if you'd posted a photo (I only check one blog per person, you know).

Posted by: Eric at February 23, 2008 07:53 AM

As far as the eclipse goes I just kinda guessed, brief gusts of wind ruined most of the shots. For that one I moved into my garage and hoped the people across the street in the 2 story houses didn't think I was some kind a perv ... lol

Posted by: Bleu at February 23, 2008 08:47 AM

The dean of my department took some photos here that I thought were pretty neat.

I like yours, and the others linked. I just wish it hadn't been foggy here so I could've even just *seen* it.

Posted by: beth at February 23, 2008 09:51 AM

It may not have captured the eclipse as it appeared, but it's interesting....definitely a "keeper".

I took about 30 shots that were mostly bad. Two of the better ones are here:
http://web.mac.com/bmwjordan/iWeb/Jordan/Gallery.html

Jordan

Posted by: Jordan at February 23, 2008 04:59 PM
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