What happened to the red coloration that I normally associate with a
full lunar eclipse.
Chuck Norcutt
Johnny Johnson wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Well, I hadn't tried photographing the moon (started to say "shooting
> the moon" but decided not to risk the abuse <grin>) since the mid
> seventies. That was with an OM-1 and a cheap 1200mm telescope. But
> the combination of the eclipse last night, the E330 and Zuiko 300/4.5
> gave me the inspiration to try it again.
>
> I think that the sweet spot of the 300 is around f11 but I thought
> that might not work well with the small sensor of the 330 so I used
> f8 instead. Live view B was used for all the shots - I focused
> using the 10x zoom, took a test shot, downloaded it and checked the
> focus on the computer screen. I left the focus at that point and
> went back to the 1x view for framing the balance of the shots. I
> found that the lens will focus past infinity so my adapter may be a bit thin.
>
> The forecast was for cloudy conditions but things were relatively
> clear when I first started shooting. Here's a shot taken at 8:10PM
> EST when the moon was in the prenumbral stage of the eclipse (1/80 @ f8):
>
> <http://home.alltel.net/jjohnso4/Eclipse01.jpg>
>
> As the eclipse progressed light to heavy clouds started moving
> through. Even when there weren't visible clouds in front of the moon
> there was a lot of moisture in the atmosphere that hampered the
> seeing. This next shoot was taken at 9:01 PM EST (1/40 @f8):
>
> <http://home.alltel.net/jjohnso4/Eclipse01.jpg>
>
> Another shot taken at 9:27PM EST (1/10 @ f8):
>
> <http://home.alltel.net/jjohnso4/Eclipse11.jpg>
>
> As totality neared I found that my exposure times were
> increasing. Also about this time, the quality of the pictures went
> to heck. I need to do some research to refresh my memory as to when
> blurring due to exposure times becomes a factor when photographing
> the moon. There's also the possibility that I bumped the focus ring
> on the lens and, by this time, the atmosphere was loaded with
> moisture. This last shot was at 9:47PM EST (1 sec @ f8):
>
> <http://home.alltel.net/jjohnso4/Eclipse12.jpg>
>
> Overall the live view on the E330 was fun to use - maybe a little
> better than a normal DSLR with a right angle finder. However, during
> totality I couldn't see the moon on the LCD. I didn't bother to try
> the live view boost to see if that would have worked any better.
>
> Looking back I wish that I had taped the focus ring down once I had
> infinity focus confirmed. I also wish that I had tried some higher
> ISOs than 100 and some bracketed shots for HDR processing. All in
> all it was a fun 90 minutes though.
>
> (Comments on the pictures are welcomed.)
>
> Later,
> Johnny
>
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> Johnny Johnson
> Cleveland, GA
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