Thanks for the feedback, everyone. We didn't quite get totality here. I think the photo I posted was about the maximum.
I realised partway through the eclipse that having the stars in there was a bit more interesting. I didn't quite go this far though... https://xkcd.com/2463/ Exposure was done through trial and error. The histogram was of no use. I found that exposures of several seconds caused a bit of blur so I settled on 1/2s at ISO800. Getting it reasonably in focus was largely luck. Infinity focus is pretty hard to get manually with that lens. At first I used AF, then when the moon became too dark I switched to manual and used Live View zoomed in, which wasn't amazing in such dark conditions but it did the job well enough. Once it was set I left it there. I was taking my chances a bit as I had the lens wide open to shorten the exposure. I was also quite lucky with the weather. For most of the evening we had a lot of patchy fast-moving cloud at low altitude. It mostly cleared away about 15 mins before the eclipse started. Before the eclipse I could see the moon through the cloud but it would have made things difficult as the moon darkened. Cheers, Dave > On May 27, 2021, at 7:57 AM, Toine <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice! and a clear sky. We have to wait a year or so to see one. > > On Wed, 26 May 2021 at 14:07, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Just a quick upload before I go to bed far too late. I need a darker >> template on my website but it'll have to do. >> >> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1121/#peso >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
