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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Shot from West Jordan, Utah, USA
Date: Aug 28, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1 second
Galleries: Sky, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Aug 28, 2007

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Comments: 5
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 I didn't get up early enough to do a "series" of moon shots, which I think is the best way to handle the eclipse, but I did get outside around the time of the full lunar eclipse. Here is my best shot.

This is a straight out of the camera with no cropping (converted from raw, but no editing other than to reduce size and add a border).

Shot with a 400mm lens for 1 second at f/5.6 and ISO 1600.

I tried longer exposures at lower ISOs. I also tried using a doubler to zoom in closer (which *really* lengthened the exposure as my largest aperture became f/11). But I found that anything longer than a second and two things happened: the moon moved too much, and the wind also affected the camera even though I was on a short tripod. Either way, exposures longer than a second were too blurry for a decent picture.

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 02/21/2008 08:28:37 PM
very nice! i couldn't get any clear shots :(
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 02/21/2008 05:30:03 PM
Beautiful shot! Love those stars.
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 08/28/2007 05:40:45 AM
Beautiful shot. The colors are great. I tried to get shots of the eclipse. It was a pretty sight. I didn't get anything worth looking at.
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 08/28/2007 04:08:38 AM
nonsense! this looks great to me, not blurry at all. did you have to use a big lens?
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 08/28/2007 03:04:36 AM
Nice one, David. Of course, it was cloudy/raining here so I didn't see any of it.
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