All images created with a Canon 7D and a Tamron 150-600mm lens at 600mm on a Manfrotto 055 XPROB Tripod with a Bogen 3055 heavy duty ballhead.Exposures varied wildly with the changing light.
Showing posts with label eclipse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eclipse. Show all posts
Monday, September 28, 2015
I Joined the Lemmings!
Okay, I'll admit it! Tonight I was out there with thousands of other photographers photographing the "Super Moon Eclipse". I joined the Lemmings! Though I will say that I didn't go out of my way and track down some exotic backdrop or foreground to go with it. I was pretty lazy and just photographed it from my backyard. I'm kind of glad I did too because the whole first part was hidden in a cloud layer and I missed it. In the afternoon I did a diligent search using "The Photographer's Ephemeris" so I would know exactly where the moon was supposed to rise. I was all set up and waiting and nothing happened. I waited and waited and no moon. I went back and checked the time and the bearing and they were correct. So where did the moon go? When I went back outside I could see a really thin moon trying to shine through a pretty heavy layer of moisture on the horizon. As time passed the moon rose above it and it got a lot better. I stayed and watched the whole eclipse and I must say it was pretty cool. God created a vast and incredible heavens to keep us in awe. May you have a blessed day, chris
All images created with a Canon 7D and a Tamron 150-600mm lens at 600mm on a Manfrotto 055 XPROB Tripod with a Bogen 3055 heavy duty ballhead.Exposures varied wildly with the changing light.
All images created with a Canon 7D and a Tamron 150-600mm lens at 600mm on a Manfrotto 055 XPROB Tripod with a Bogen 3055 heavy duty ballhead.Exposures varied wildly with the changing light.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Yes, I Was One of the Crazy Ones Too!
Yesterday morning I was one of the brave, lucky or crazy ones in western North America that got up at 4:45 a.m. PST time to photograph the full eclipse of the moon. It all depends upon your point of view. I think I was lucky enough to be able to see such a heavenly slendor. Luckily it wasn't very cold where I live. Luckily the clouds cleared just after it started. My biggest problem was keeping the moon in sight as I'm surrounded by trees and I kept having to find openings beteween the trees as the moon got steadily lower towards the horizon. I only got to watch the first half of the eclipse before it went into the clouds over the ocean and then it became almost invisible. Pretty cool to be able to view just that.
God's light and love to everyone,
chris
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