I've given this a bit more thought and it seems to me you go to the same
place every time you go out to Hawaii. If that's true, might there be
someplace out there where you could store a tripod between visits?
Alternatively, you might consider shipping the tripod to where-ever you
are going to stay and have them hold it until you arrive; then shipping
it back just before you leave for home.
On 1/29/2018 20:41, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Thanks, Larry and John!
I have already though about the bean bag approach, and even picked up some
dried peans to put in a bag. I also though of using the ir remote to fire
to shutter, to avoid shutter shake.
Years ago I framed the full moon between two palm trees, and I might try
that again.
Going up the mountain to the 10,000 foot level would probably get me above
the clouds, but it is a hell of a drive at night.
I will play around and see what develops. :)
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 7:54 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote:
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
What I have now is:
GoPro
Pentax WG-3 gps
K-5 IIs
DA 1:4 12-24 ED AL [IF]
DA 1:3.5-5.6 18-135 mm ED AL [IF} DC WR
FA 1:2.8 !00 mm Macro
Tamron AF 75-300 1:4-5.6 LD Tele-Macro /1:3.9
My principal concern of course is the weather, then staying up late to see
the event. Assuming all goes well, any suggestions as to what might
afford
to best opportunity to capture the eclipse?
I hear that some folks a Mauna Kea have some awesome telephoto lenses,
maybe they'd loan you one?
You seriously are not going to even be able to get close capturing shots
of the moon itself that folks with serious gear will be able to do. My
suggestion is that you find a place that would have some really nice night
time scenery to put in front of the moon and set up some night landscape
photos with the moon in the background. It should be in roughly the same
place about 40 minutes earlier tonight, so you could go do some
test/practice shots.
If you don't want to invest in a cheap tripod, you could make, or buy a
beanbag, and set up photos using that and the 2 second delay.
Alternatively, you could just not worry about trying to get an awesome
shot of this lunar eclipse, and enjoy the show.
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