Almost Fully Covered
By webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
United States
February 21, 2008 10:29am CST
Here is a shot I took at 8:55 p.m. Wed 2-20-08 of the total lunar eclipse. I used my Canon PowerShot A540 digital camera set at night settings with no flash. I set it on a box to keep it still as my hands shake too much with self timer set as well. This was about 5 minutes prior to full coverage of the earths shadow on the moon. Did you watch the eclipse at all? Did you take any photos? Share them here if you did please. I'd love to hear opinions on this shot as well. Thanks in advance.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
22 Feb 08
Since I'm none too keen about digital cameras...is it really necessary to have a digital camera set for night settings??..reason I ask,...one of the times I did take moon shots myself with my trusty 30 year old Nikkormat EL-W film camera with 500mm mirror lens I was nearly bowled over...why? I was getting meter readings from the moon!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
22 Feb 08
No it's not needed but the setting for fireworks is best as it is basically for a lighted sky shot in the dark with the very slow shutter speed. So that's why I used this setting. Some of the other shots were taken on normal (auto) settings with and without the flash. I am not a pro so I am experimenting a lot with various settings,shutter speeds, amount of flash and color swapping etc. I'll be waiting for those moon shots of yours. Hurry up now. HAHAHA!!! J/K
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
23 Feb 08
Okay....here's one moonshot....this is a black and white photo I took...I have a few in color but haven't scanned yet...
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
22 Feb 08
ps--if I can find any moon shots of mine I'll scan them and post here--give me a day or so...only have 21,049 slides and an estimated 15,000 black and white images...hehe
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@Polly1 (12644)
• United States
21 Feb 08
I didn't watch it, I am glad you posted a few pictures of it. I stayed in the house, it was so cold and windy outside. I know wa wa wa wa, you know what cold is. Well it was down around zero in my neck of the woods, it was cold, we had the wind too so that made it colder.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
21 Feb 08
Not whining ya heard. It was bragging. HAHAHA! Thanks.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
21 Feb 08
Well when I went outside to take all the photos it was 7 below zero with windchills of 25 below zero. HAHAHA! Nothing stops a Minnesotan not photographer from going out in this type of cold. HAHAHA! Even sick I did it. Thanks also.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@KarenO52 (2950)
• United States
23 Feb 08
I was going to watch, but I was so busy that I forgot about it, and fell asleep exhausted anyway. Nice picture you got. I tried to take night pictures before, but they never came out very good. Guess I'll have to do a little research on cameras with night settings if I want a good picture.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
23 Feb 08
I remembered it. Read the manul with your digital camera to learn about the different settings etc. Thanks also.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
21 Feb 08
It was beautiful to watch, I also got some pics of it using my NikonD40, no tripod, I did use flash in some of them, and used a few different settings to get different effects. That is a good shot of it.
You can check out one of my other shots under another discussion about the lunar eclipse that I responded too.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
21 Feb 08
Great shot as well. I was going to leave a comment on your photo but we have to be friends so I sent a friends request your way. bright page colors BTW. HAHAHA! Thanks also.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
22 Feb 08
Thanks for the add as a friend also.
I added a comment and rated your photo.
Thanks again.
JHAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
23 Feb 08
It was a great show to see. I've always loved the red moon
or "Blood Moon" as it is also know as. Thanks.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
21 Feb 08
Thank you very much. It was really cold here
but a very clear sky for the viewing.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
