I walked along the lake for about a 1/2 hour, hoping the light clouds would lift, but they didn't. Gave up, went home. About midnight I brought the garbage out and there it was: about 1/4 obscured by the earth's shadow.
Quite spectacular! Like Ann, I don't have the equipment to do anything about it, but at least I saw it. 'T'was pretty cool. And earlier, after a significant dry spell, I got a few okay street shots today. Can't wait to look at them on a big monitor and process a few... Cheers, frank On 27 September, 2015 11:59:12 PM EDT, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >LOvely to get to see the colors - glad you and Paul got us something >anyway... > >ann > >On 9/27/2015 11:44 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: >> I went out to try to shoot the Super Moon/Eclipse and I've given up >on >> the photography at least. Not a total bust, but there seem to be >high >> clouds obscuring any detail. I tried to use the SMC Pentax M*300mm >> f4.0, my copy of which is a bit sharper than the A*300 I also have >was >> also a bust. coupled with the 1.7x AF adapter the camera thought the > >> moon should be in focus but they all looked like the image I'm going >> to post just because I tried. It's not good, but I did make the >attempt. >> >> >https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20superbloodmoon.html > >> >> >> Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 600mm Solid >> Catadioptric f8.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF Adapter. >> >> Note: There was so little light the K-5II just simply refused to try > >> to focus with the AF adapter and the Solid Cat lens mounted, I had to > >> force it to focus to infinity with a different lens then mount the >> camera onto the Solid cat which was mounted on the tripod. Lest >> anyone thing this might be the reason for the bad focus, every shot >> with every lens combination whether manual or auto focused looked >> pretty much like the one posted, just smaller on the frame. I do >kind >> of like it as an abstract, but I really wish that I had captured more > >> detail. >> >> >> >> On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>> From an email I received this afternoon: >>> >>> >>> Total Lunar Eclipse! >>> >>> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North >America >>> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a >>> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which >occurred >>> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient >>> evening ones. >>> >>> This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the >Earth’s >>> dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time >and >>> continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next >hour. >>> Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an >>> hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge >>> from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of >>> the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality >itself, >>> while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the >>> early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and >>> Planet Locator to identify them) >>> >>> There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this >event >>> unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the >>> range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to >>> another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at >the >>> time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral >shadow. >>> There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained >>> all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to >>> look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress! >>> Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange, >>> brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the >Earth’s >>> shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes >>> through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round — >>> something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize >>> that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in >its >>> orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow >>> at roughly its own diameter each hour. >>> >>> While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye >>> alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are >>> best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or >>> 10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the >>> second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with >their >>> relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky >>> coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being >>> suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’ >>> amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a >>> 3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it >takes >>> in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many >have >>> described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship! >>> >>> —James Mullaney >>> Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10 >>> books on stargazing. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >> >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
