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05/02/2014 07:28:21 AM |
"If your weather and location cooperate, shoot the total eclipse of the moon."
I must say I'm disappointed Alex.
You're weather cooperated but your location did not. This is not a question of bending the rules (or even the perceived lack of understanding/grey area of the description), art, artistry and later justification of DMC/DNMC and Forum Fights, but your integrity. |
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05/01/2014 09:10:10 AM |
Originally posted by hahn23:
Doesn't look like any total lunar eclipse I've ever seen. And, I've seen a few and photographed several. How about you? Voters were deceived. |
Amateur astronomer for 35 years here. Naturally, I've seen many eclipses and this could definitely look like one, with some added processing for fanciness. In fact, your image, which I rated higher because you included context (Spica), can look exactly the same with some small amount of processing. Of course that's not how it looks in the sky, but still a good one - astrophotography is not always about faithful reproduction. That's why I think Alex's photo is an interesting effort.
I don't think it's fair to speak about voters other than yourself. And anyway, if you say you know how an eclipsed Moon should look and this is not it, then I guess you were not deceived by this photo.
By the way, Spica is not an optical but a spectroscopic binary star (this is for the comment on Wendy's photo), so you can't tell if it is a binary from looking at a photo.
Sorry Alex for abusing this space... |
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05/01/2014 05:44:43 AM |
Originally posted by hahn23:
Originally posted by tome:
Originally posted by hahn23:
But, that's not the way a total lunar eclipse looks. I guess no one seems to care. |
I disagree with both these statements. A lunar eclipse can look like this. And giving this image high votes does NOT mean people don't care. It's a good artist's impression of a lunar eclipse. |
Doesn't look like any total lunar eclipse I've ever seen. And, I've seen a few and photographed several. How about you? Voters were deceived. |
Richard since you are not very polite man (sending messages and not letting me answer is a clear sign of that) I'd like not reading the verb 'deceive' from you here anymore. |
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05/01/2014 05:13:33 AM |
Originally posted by tome:
Originally posted by hahn23:
But, that's not the way a total lunar eclipse looks. I guess no one seems to care. |
I disagree with both these statements. A lunar eclipse can look like this. And giving this image high votes does NOT mean people don't care. It's a good artist's impression of a lunar eclipse. |
Doesn't look like any total lunar eclipse I've ever seen. And, I've seen a few and photographed several. How about you? Voters were deceived. |
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04/30/2014 11:27:55 PM |
Originally posted by hahn23:
But, that's not the way a total lunar eclipse looks. I guess no one seems to care. |
I disagree with both these statements. A lunar eclipse can look like this. And giving this image high votes does NOT mean people don't care. It's a good artist's impression of a lunar eclipse. |
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04/28/2014 08:27:37 AM |
Looks better than the real thing.
Congrats. |
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04/28/2014 06:54:06 AM |
Originally posted by hahn23:
But, you didn't photograph the lunar eclipse. It's a much different ballgame than photographing the bright full moon. Congratulations on your blue ribbon, but it truly doesn't meet the challenge. You've done a good job of turning a full moon red. But, that's not the way a total lunar eclipse looks. I guess no one seems to care. So, more power to you! |
I was sure that not everyone would like my attempt. I'm honest and I wanted to say what the truth was. If Langdon had chosen a more generic challenge title I wouldn't need to turn the moon red. The challenge was really US-centric IMO. In any case if someone is upset with my image I really apologize. |
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04/28/2014 05:48:20 AM |
| But, you didn't photograph the lunar eclipse. It's a much different ballgame than photographing the bright full moon. Congratulations on your blue ribbon, but it truly doesn't meet the challenge. You've done a good job of turning a full moon red. But, that's not the way a total lunar eclipse looks. I guess no one seems to care. So, more power to you! |
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04/28/2014 03:18:49 AM |
| The best looking blood moon of the lot! Congrats!! |
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04/28/2014 02:29:53 AM |
| won it with a fake- well done. |
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04/27/2014 10:56:45 PM |
| Hahahaaaa. You never even saw it! LOL. Congrats on your new Blue - nice sleight of hand. ;) |
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04/27/2014 08:03:41 PM |
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04/26/2014 07:04:18 AM |
| Although I give everyone high scores for participating this shot is far and away..... (I almost caught myself laughing there.....) the most.... vivid? |
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04/24/2014 03:50:37 PM |
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04/23/2014 06:57:59 AM |
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04/22/2014 08:09:55 AM |
| This one is awesome!!!! Love it |
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