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Lunar Eclispe 2007 Aug 28 Sydney

A Total Lunar eclipse occured on the 28th Aug in Sydney.
All in all the event from sunset to total eclipse and back took just 5 hours.
We have shots of the moon and sunset 2 days prior (26th) to the eclipse,
then the sunset and moon rise on the 28th and finally the total eclispe itself.
Note it is extremly hard to get sharp photos. The Exposures are around 2sec
and the moon moves about 10 pixels during this time. You can see this
in the star trails in some of the images. I used a tripod, mirror lockup and
self timer to avoid any camera shake. The long exposure of the road
scene shows no shake. Higher res. originals are available if you are interested.
Please enjoy,comments very welcome and feel free to link to this site.
26 Aug Moon and power line IMG_0170.JPG
26 Aug Moon and power line IMG_0170.JPG		 26 Aug Sunset IMG_0179.JPG
26 Aug Sunset IMG_0179.JPG		 26 Aug Sunset IMG_0188.JPG
26 Aug Sunset IMG_0188.JPG		 26 Aug Sunset IMG_0195.JPG
26 Aug Sunset IMG_0195.JPG		 28 Aug 17:22 Oscar watches the sunset with me
28 Aug 17:22 Oscar watches the sunset with me
28 Aug 17:23 Shadow of me taking oscars portrait
28 Aug 17:23 Shadow of me taking oscars portrait		 Aug 28 17:24 Sunset
Aug 28 17:24 Sunset		 Suns disk, slightly smaller than the moons 17:26:39
Suns disk, slightly smaller than the moons 17:26:39		 Sun moving into the horizon 17:28:08
Sun moving into the horizon 17:28:08		 Sun almost fully set at 17:29:18
Sun almost fully set at 17:29:18
Last sun beams seen 17:29:30
Last sun beams seen 17:29:30		 Three seconds after the last image - see the movement 17:29:33
Three seconds after the last image - see the movement 17:29:33		 Sunlight drops off quickly after sunset - 30 secs after last image 17:30:03
Sunlight drops off quickly after sunset - 30 secs after last image 17:30:03		 Moon rise 17:54
Moon rise 17:54		 17:54 Full moon IMG_0693.JPG
17:54 Full moon IMG_0693.JPG
17:55 Full moon IMG_0695.jpg
17:55 Full moon IMG_0695.jpg		 18:55 Moon partial eclispe IMG_0710.jpg
18:55 Moon partial eclispe IMG_0710.jpg		 19:14 Moon Partial Eclipse IMG_0711.jpg
19:14 Moon Partial Eclipse IMG_0711.jpg		 19:24 Moon half eclipsed IMG_0717.jpg
19:24 Moon half eclipsed IMG_0717.jpg		 Overexposure reveals blood moon IMG_0720.jpg
Overexposure reveals blood moon IMG_0720.jpg
Keith and Nissa enjoy the Spectacle IMG_0723.JPG
Keith and Nissa enjoy the Spectacle IMG_0723.JPG		 19:40 Almost total eclipsed IMG_0725.jpg
19:40 Almost total eclipsed IMG_0725.jpg		 19:42 Final phase before total eclipse IMG_0726.jpg
19:42 Final phase before total eclipse IMG_0726.jpg		 19:44 Blood Moon IMG_0728.jpg
19:44 Blood Moon IMG_0728.jpg		 Blood moon and star trails IMG_0732.jpg
Blood moon and star trails IMG_0732.jpg
Hand held long exposure IMG_0740.jpg
Hand held long exposure IMG_0740.jpg		 20:05 Total lunar eclipse IMG_0744.JPG
20:05 Total lunar eclipse IMG_0744.JPG		 Plane trail and Blood moon IMG_0749.jpg
Plane trail and Blood moon IMG_0749.jpg		 Street light to test for camera shake on tripod IMG_0754.JPG
Street light to test for camera shake on tripod IMG_0754.JPG		 20:16 long 30sec exposure showing movement of stars IMG_0756.JPG
20:16 long 30sec exposure showing movement of stars IMG_0756.JPG
20:18 Blood moon close up IMG_0757.jpg
20:18 Blood moon close up IMG_0757.jpg		 20:57 Moon moving back into sunlight IMG_0758.JPG
20:57 Moon moving back into sunlight IMG_0758.JPG		 Sunlight returns to moon IMG_0758c.jpg
Sunlight returns to moon IMG_0758c.jpg		 21:11 Moon's total eclipse is over IMG_0765.JPG
21:11 Moon's total eclipse is over IMG_0765.JPG		 22:01 Partial eclipse as moon returns to full sunlight IMG_0766.jpg
22:01 Partial eclipse as moon returns to full sunlight IMG_0766.jpg
Guest 08-Feb-2008 19:42
omfg thats nice lol
Heidi Jonker01-Feb-2008 22:15
I had to come back another time, because this gallery has so many amazing shots!
Sam X01-Oct-2007 01:35
amazing series , excellent work
Gervan28-Sep-2007 10:31
Beautiful report. I really enjoyed it. V.
nina22-Sep-2007 06:05
this was excellent!
laine8218-Sep-2007 19:49
This was a good effort, Barry.
Karen Hoyt18-Sep-2007 11:24
awesome shots.
Guest 31-Aug-2007 20:43
Barry,
Great stuff. It's really hard to capture the long exposures without the advantage of a tracking device. The faster exposures on the partial eclipse look really good though. They could maybe use a little unsharp masking in photoshop. I see you used mirror lockup and a timer so you did everything by the book.
Guest 29-Aug-2007 22:57
Fabulous photos Barry. I have sent the link to a relative in the UK so they can enjoy them as well.
Guest 29-Aug-2007 16:31
You've done such a good job, so spectacular.
Tim van Woensel29-Aug-2007 12:06
Impressive to see such a nice photo report from this big 'happening'.
Guest 29-Aug-2007 07:45
Good Work Mate!! I felt that I missed the sight of eclipse but after seeing the pics, I dont feel the same.
Barry S Moore29-Aug-2007 04:10
Reply to Guest: All the images images on the Aug 28 where taken with A canon EOS 400D and a 75-300mm kit lens.
Jac Feng-chu 29-Aug-2007 03:03
the dog is cute
Cedric Sims29-Aug-2007 02:27
Nice! Great job of captured diffrent focal lengths and exposures.
Guest 29-Aug-2007 01:10
hi can you tell me which camera did you use?thank you!!
Gary Coffman29-Aug-2007 00:44
Nice sequence of photos Barry. Thanks for sharing! Img_0749 and IMG_0758 have a 3D look to them. Nice job. Regards - Gary
Guest 28-Aug-2007 17:16
Thank you for sharing. I would have loved to seen it but I needed my sleep!

Linda in Seattle
Guest 28-Aug-2007 17:04
The Third Graders from Bethany School in Cincinnati, Ohio enjoyed your photos of the lunar eclipse. Thanks so much!!
Patricia Lay-Dorsey28-Aug-2007 14:51
Excellent photo-documenting of an unearthly sight!
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