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. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
