Lunar Eclipse

[The_Mitch]

Those turned out pretty nice Mitch!

This one is *nuts* - a buddy from the Corvette Forum, down in South Florida shot this:

seems he used a nikon d300. thats a nice camera. ive got a cheap $170 camera that has a manual mode and the pics i took were the best i could get with the crap aperture range and autofocus (autofocus sucks at times)

 

[[DT]]

seems he used a nikon d300. thats a nice camera. ive got a cheap $170 camera that has a manual mode and the pics i took were the best i could get with the crap aperture range and autofocus (autofocus sucks at times)

Yeah, it's looks like a D300 and a some kind of HQ zoom of at least 300mm.

 

[TacosTacos]

Not mine, but pretty awesome!

 

[Napalmbrain]

Sweet pictures. Sadly it's cloudy here in Cardiff.

 

[[DT]]

Tacos, that time lapse series is incredible, nice find!

Here's a decebt article @ Wired with some terrific pics:

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/02/pictures-of-las.html

ive got a cheap $170 camera that has a manual mode and the pics i took were the best i could get with the crap aperture range and autofocus (autofocus sucks at times)

I thought you did an excellent job with your pics!

 

[surfinrach90]

Ooo thanks for that post DT, their amazing.

Anybody know when the next eclipse of any kind is expected?

 

[gidget]

next full lunar will be 2010

edit: i didn't look up next solar eclipse...

 

[[DT]]

Here's a full schedule:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_21st_century_lunar_eclipses

 

[surfinrach90]

'Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 01' - According to the NASA website, but it will only be partial in Europe =/

 

[TacosTacos]

'Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 01' - According to the NASA website, but it will only be partial in Europe =/

Hoooray!!! that is my birthday!!!!

 

[Floydd]

Hehe.. God I need a tripod for my camera. I got the worst kinds of pictures, not to mention my battery died on me =l.

 

[The_Mitch]

Yeah, it's looks like a D300 and a some kind of HQ zoom of at least 300mm.

the Exif data says that it was exactly 300mm. good call

I thought you did an excellent job with your pics!

thanks! ive only been doing photography for a little over a month because its required for my major and its actually pretty fun!

 

[[DT]]

Because of the noise of the low light/cam sensor of those pics, you can shift the range of black balance over and create a really nice dark [solid] background (which looks really good for night pics).

 

[The_Mitch]

Because of the noise of the low light/cam sensor of those pics, you can shift the range of black balance over and create a really nice dark [solid] background (which looks really good for night pics).

i had to set the ISO for the first set of pics to 1600 to get a good exposure but later i was able to set it down to 800 thus reducing the noise. also my camera doesnt have manual white/black balance. it is done automatically (i hate auto!)

 

[[DT]]

i had to set the ISO for the first set of pics to 1600 to get a good exposure but later i was able to set it down to 800 thus reducing the noise. also my camera doesnt have manual white/black balance. it is done automatically (i hate auto!)

Oh sorry dude, I meant in post-production!

This is your pic with the black balanced out (like a 10 second edit):

Again, those are killer pics for an inexpensive P&S - can't wait to see what you do with a DSLR