In Case You Missed It

Total Lunar Eclipe 12/21/10.
Froze my butt off at 4F for 2 hours this morning, but it was soooo cool to see through the lens. Images are full frame, and except for the double exposure, minimally processed and color accurate.

This one is 2 exposures, taken at 01:47 AM MST: Moon at f/5.6 ISO 1600, 1/4 sec. Stars at f/5.6 ISO 3200. 3 sec. Canon 5DII. Canon 400 mm f/5.6

The second is a single exposure, 02:00, at f/11. ISO 3200. 0.7 sec. 800 mm (400 + 2x TC)

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Ok Doug....I'm gonna delete my post!!! This is great!!!! Incredible detail for sure on both.

I AM SOOO JEALOUS!!!
We had 100% cloud cover!
Over the top captures!!!

Stunning work!!!!! I was so hoping to see this but it has been snowing all night up here with no sky in sight for days. You far surpassed anything I would have been able to capture though. This is simply magnificent!!!!! Any chance you will be coming to the Shindig and bringing this as a print? I'm sure everyone would be fighting for it!

Outstanding! You can"t beat those clear Montana skies.

Great stuff! I really like the first one. I too shot this. For some reason, there's not as many stars in Denver. But now you've got me excited to process my shots.

Great shots-thanks for sharing! We had 100% cloud cover and snow all night.

FANTASTIC Doug! The lighting on the moon gives a wonderful 3D feel.

Great work, Doug..

I think the cold temps gave you a little better atmospheric conditions than we had in Denver.
I had a rather balmy 35 deg on my back deck.

I really like what you did with the double exposure for the stars on the first shot.

I'm impressed with the 3200 ISO performance of the 5D2. I couldn't push my 1Ds2 beyond 800 ISO, so had much less leeway on aperture and shutter speeds.

Stunning work Doug! Did you use in camera noise redution on your shots? Are your feet thawed yet???

Thanks - this turned out to be the week of full cloud cover here in N. Ca - it's usually clear at night. figures!
Sandy

Thanks all. Pam, no, I actually didn't use NR at all on these. Some noise is there at higher magnification, but it's not bad at all, and I didn't want to lose detail by adding NR when it really didn't need it. For the star exposure, rather than use NR, I just used a simple curves adjustment to bring down the blacks without affecting the highlights, and it covered the noise there.

DAMN! Those shots are out of sight! I LOVE the first one. The focal length is perfect, there is ust enough open black sky and stars give the moon the perfect context. Congratulations on a truly amazing picture!

Great shots. Looks like several people were able to get out and get some shots of this. I spent about a hour or so snapping away from my house. Perfect clear sky in south Denver.

Great job Doug! The atmosphere definitely seems a little clearer than what we had on the CO Front Range. The exposure blend to bring out the stars for your first image here was a wonderful idea.

What a unique shot! I really love the first one with the stars visible. Great work and thanks for sharing.

Great capture, Doug! I was shooting with the same setup in Garden of the Gods. The temp was in the balmy high 30's, not too bad. Looks like you had some nice conditions, congrats!

Beautiful image Doug - the stars look perfect with the moon.

Superior shots of the eclipse, Doug! Great color and the stars add a lot to the feel and mood.

Simply "Stellar" shots! Perfectly exposed and tack sharp. Nicely done