Total Lunar Eclipse March 3rd

[argash]

In the "talk" forum there is a thread regaurding how to shoot the moon. And shortly after reading it I saw on Digg that tomorrow night March 3rd there will be a total Lunar eclipse. So I posted all that info in that thread for those that were interested (I'll also put it here too in a second).

Anyway I thought it would be cool if everyone posted there best shots of the eclipse in here so we could get a full range.

Here's the info on the eclipse:
Well get ready for tomorrow: http://skytonight.com/observing/home/This_Weekends_Total_Lunar_Eclipse.html
Looks like you pretty much need to be over seas though for a good shot (http://media.skytonight.com/images/March'07+TLE_l.jpg)
And heres their guide to photographing a total lunar eclipse (http://skytonight.com/observing/objects/eclipses/3304036.html)

For those on the west coast don't feel bumed out that you cant participate. According to the article we're going to have two more within the next year that will be viewable for us. The next one will be in August then again next year in February.

[Pete]

Many thanks for the link there. I'll be watching out for that (here in the UK we should get a good view, weather permitting).

[labbai]

Hmm..that'll be tomorrow... how do you take a picture of something that isn't there? :lol: Nevermind, it'll be heavy clouds and some rain or snow here in Finland anyway...

[argash]

how do you take a picture of something that isn't there?
Depending on how much light is refracted around the atmosphere it could be completely dark to a bright peachy orange.

[Renboy]

damit it going to rain tomorrow night.

[Proctorr]

I'll get it through my telescope tomorrow night. It's supposed to clear up today and be good tomorrow :D

[argash]

so who got the best shot? lets see em!

Sadly I couldn't get a view of it from where I am.

[Jason-H]

Here are a couple of mine.

http://images21.fotki.com/v632/photos/3/300860/4658321/moon-vi.jpg?1172965185

http://images21.fotki.com/v578/photos/3/300860/4658321/moon1-vi.jpg?1172965174

[Renboy]

nice shot!! I couldn't see it. :-(

[hlcowan]

Jason-H - those are amazing!
Could you share your photo info? Thanks!!
One day... (or should I say night?) I'll take a moon picture that's NOT blurry...

[Ecks]

perfect view form my bedroom window, but no lense to properly get the best possible photo.

those photos are excellent

[Jason-H]

Thanks for your comments guys.

Here are the details as requested by hlcowen.

First shot
1/4000 Sec, ISO 800, 300MM, f5.6

Second
2.5 Sec, ISO 800, 300MM, f5.6

Both taken on Canon EOS 400D, Sigma 70-300 APO Tripod mounted.

[Guineh]

My contribution:

I almost forgot about the event. Got home from the local hospital's prenatal class (My wife is pregnant, if you didn't already know) and checked the time. Moon wasn't supposed to rise for another 15-20 mins, so I got out to the location I had previously scoped out, which gave my a relatively unobstructed view of the eastern sky.

The information was a bit off, so the moon had already risen quite a bit, and the eclipse had already completed anyway. So I spent the next hour or so taking shots of the moon as it rose to show the progress of the eclipse.

This is a composite of the shots from that night as the moon progressed across the sky:

[DerekPb]

thats incredible.

[winglad]

took this one at the height of the eclipse

[winglad]

photoshopped the eclipse moon onto a shot i took weeks before.