Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, here?s my take last July on a crop format using a 40yo or so Novoflex 400mm @ >iso12k - Hand held ! I mean the remote ;-) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Mungg-Moon+Eclipse-0091.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Mungg-Moon+Eclipse-0091.jpg.html> Amities Philippe > Le 22 janv. 2019 ? 20:51, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> a ?crit : > > Blood moons with or without eclipses I've shot a few times here in NY this > digital decade shooting moons is a thing where people don?t realize how > much light is really coming off the moon. It's pretty darned bright doing > a pretty good job of reflecting light from the sun as Ansel says in his > books. It can easily be done hand held and the moon is not standing still. > But these blood moons especially with the eclipse are quite low light > expiries. A real challenge. Maybe a tripod thing. That?s how I shot it the > last time. And didn't do too well. > > Thses shots look great, Howard I was also planning also to shoot it with a > D500 as a Blood Moon eclipse is a sport in some parts. But I was going to > do it anyway as I wanted to see what it can really do. That state of DX. > Was also curious how it might look at its native top ISO of 51,200 and > thought it might be viable or maybe a viable effect. > I'd guess your ISO on these shots around 400? > I believe like the D300 it replaced it has been used as a general purpose > camera which it was designed for. > But with the freeze I chickened out. I like my fingers and my toes. I may > want to play the piano some day. And my ears. I want it all. > > > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > > ?On 1/21/19, 11:48 AM, "LUG on behalf of Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG" > <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Excellent! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 8:59 PM Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Hi Luggers, >> >> Had a busy night last night and early this morning with the Nikon D500 and >> the 200 - 500VR >> on a tripod shooting the blood moon eclipse: >> >> The eclipse sequence: >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonEclipse.jpg.html >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonEclipse.jpg.html >>>> >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonEclipse1.jpg.html >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonEclipse1.jpg.html >>>> >> >> Full eclipse: >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonEclipse2.jpg.html >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonEclipse2.jpg.html >>>> >> >> End >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonEclipse3.jpg.html >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonEclipse3.jpg.html >>>> >> >> and early this morning - the full moon setting in the west: >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonFull.jpg.html >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonFull.jpg.html >>>> >> >> The clouds roll in: >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonset.jpg.html >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonset.jpg.html >>>> >> >> and the sequence is done: >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonset1.jpg.html >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/bloodMoonset1.jpg.html >>>> >> >> Can be viewed large if you wish. C&C always welcome. >> >> Cheers >> >> Howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information