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08-Oct-2014 David S. Sands

Lunar Eclipse

Looked out my window and saw this happening right before my eyes....


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LynnH10-Oct-2014 15:15
Nice work!!! V I went outside to look at it. But I was too tired to bother photographing anything.
Bob Davis10-Oct-2014 14:32
nice David, I tried but too many clouds... :)
Alan K09-Oct-2014 07:25
DON'T get me started. I knew exactly when the total eclipse was due to begin (around 20:30 our time). I knew when it ended. I knew when moonrise was. I therefore calculated the angle from the horizon at the time of the eclipse and decided where I'd shoot it from, right over the ocean as the blood red colour seeped in from the Earth's reflected light. It would have been a PAD Extraordinaire.
THEN A SODDING GREAT BAND OF THICK, GREY CLOUD SWEPT IN FROM SAID OCEAN, AND THE NAFFING OLYMPUS WOULD HAVE NEEDED AN X-RAY PRIORITY MODE TO PENETRATE IT! This evening, though? As dusk draws close, as I look out my window? NOT A BLANKING CLOUD IN THE SKY, not ONE!
Probably for the best as I have yet to get my 40-150 (80-300 effective), though. Sigh and sod it.
Nice shot from your part of the world though.
Ed Preston08-Oct-2014 14:06
Your up far too early! Nice capture however!