Anyone heading out to shoot the Last Lunar Eclipse viewing till 2014? I might see you in the Garden of the Gods or elsewhere. Let me know, I'm shooting it for both myself and the News locally.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on December 10, 2011 at 1:25 AM
Hi James,
We've got clear skies in Phoenix tonight, I'll be out there about 4:30am.
Last time I had a clear shot was 2008 back in Ohio of all places. Took three shots and then a sky-only image and did a montage. We'll see what shows up tonight!
Posted by Ken Wyatt on December 10, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Several of us ended up at Wilkerson Pass. We discovered that as the sunrise occurred, the eclipsed portion of the moon gradually blended in with the sky, so it was never very distinct. Here's one of the nearly eclipsed moon over part of the Collegiate Range. 300mm lens with 1.4X tele...contrast was adjusted in LR.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on December 10, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Yeah, it was pretty lackluster in Phoenix also, especially when you add in the haze/dust layer of the valley floor. Got this one right at 7am as it faded, and it faded quickly.
Only three years to go and we get another chance!
Posted by Don Grall on December 10, 2011 at 12:53 PM
It was still cool to watch though.
Ken: I was at the first turnout below Wilkerson Pass, didn't see you but there were a number of vehicles at the top of the pass and at the turnout.
Paul, how did you manage to get the detail of the eclipsed part of the moon? In Colorado, the detail was gone by this time. I wonder since you were further west, maybe the sky was darker than here, but you are still an hour behind us in terms of earth rotation so I would think the relative brightness of the sky would be the same.
Posted by D J Kuklinski on December 10, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Taken from Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Colorado Springs. Not the shot I was hoping for, but that's what happens when one loses footing and stumbles to the ground. A few choice words were muttered.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on December 10, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Don, I took this right at 7am Mountain time, but I'm thinking that I had a darker sky being we're directly south of Salt Lake. Believe me, not long after this it went into a fade especially with the Phoenix haze and with the sun rising at that time. I did use Viveza 2 just on the moon and added a little Structure, but I didn't add much because the detail broke up pretty quick. So I did a slight S curve with Curves and just took it as it stands. It was a little disappointing but now I realize that many of us struggled with this one apparently, so I don't feel so defeated, lol! I shot it off to Arizona Republic and they used it on their website eclipse story so I guess they didn't have too much success getting their own either. If the sun had just come up a HALF HOUR later...
Posted by Doug Koepsel on December 11, 2011 at 6:58 PM
The moon entered into totality and could not be seen through the haze above the horizon at the Grand Canyon. Here's one taken earlier in the morning.
D90, 300 f/4 @f/5.6, ISO 200, 1.4TC, 1/500 sec
Good to see that y'all were able to get some land with the moon.
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7 repliesWe've got clear skies in Phoenix tonight, I'll be out there about 4:30am.
Last time I had a clear shot was 2008 back in Ohio of all places. Took three shots and then a sky-only image and did a montage. We'll see what shows up tonight!
Only three years to go and we get another chance!
Ken: I was at the first turnout below Wilkerson Pass, didn't see you but there were a number of vehicles at the top of the pass and at the turnout.
Paul, how did you manage to get the detail of the eclipsed part of the moon? In Colorado, the detail was gone by this time. I wonder since you were further west, maybe the sky was darker than here, but you are still an hour behind us in terms of earth rotation so I would think the relative brightness of the sky would be the same.
D90, 300 f/4 @f/5.6, ISO 200, 1.4TC, 1/500 sec
Good to see that y'all were able to get some land with the moon.