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New years eve lunar eclipse

peasant · 2009-12-31 20:00:16

not strictly weather, but while everybody else was gazing at lampposts, I froze me arse off for these:

31-12-2009 9:00pm

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not strictly weather, but while everybody else was gazing at lampposts, I froze me arse off for these:

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#2 31-12-2009 9:03pm

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part 2

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Brilliant photos.
How did you take them?

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#4 03-01-2010 7:32pm

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Nikon D50, Sigma Tele 80-300 f4.5, tripod ...fiddle with the aperture and time somewhat until the moon is no longer a white blob and shows some texture (f4.5/ 1000 if I remember correctly) take huge pictures of black sky with tiny moon, enlarge, crop

here's the original size
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63729268#post63729268

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