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Topic: Total Lunar Eclipse On Wednesday, Will Be a Rare 'Selenelion
AMILIA1724's photo
Wed 10/08/14 02:50 PM

Here's a few blurry, poor quality pics I got from western Queensland.
Very windy where I was, I think it caused the camera & tripod to shake & no matter what I tried I couldn't get it to focus properly.
At least it wasn't cloudy or raining I suppose, which is what usually happens, lol.
The bottom one is during totality even though it doesn't look like it, the moon stayed brighter on the one side all through totality, also stayed more of an orange colour than I was expecting.
The last good one I saw some years ago was a lot redder in colour than it got last night.

Technovative, I would say that is a star in your pic.
















Beautiful...
Your lucky to have a gadget like that.

premierblue's photo
Thu 10/09/14 02:20 AM

Here's a few blurry, poor quality pics I got from western Queensland.
Very windy where I was, I think it caused the camera & tripod to shake & no matter what I tried I couldn't get it to focus properly.
At least it wasn't cloudy or raining I suppose, which is what usually happens, lol.
The bottom one is during totality even though it doesn't look like it, the moon stayed brighter on the one side all through totality, also stayed more of an orange colour than I was expecting.
The last good one I saw some years ago was a lot redder in colour than it got last night.

Technovative, I would say that is a star in your pic.















Thanks DarCWQ for these great photos, considering they were taken on a wind shaken tripod. The wind might have been quite strong to shake a heavy duty tripod like I use for outdoor photography.
I totally forgot that Technovative's photos were taken on an observatory telescope that caught the star in the Moon's background. Even a Leica 36 MP Professional camera with the longest telephoto lens would not have captured that detail!
Hope somebody who saw the Selenelion in North America posts photos here.
Thanks again DarCWQ.

no photo
Thu 10/09/14 09:23 PM
Thanks DarCWQ for these great photos, considering they were taken on a wind shaken tripod. The wind might have been quite strong to shake a heavy duty tripod like I use for outdoor photography.
I totally forgot that Technovative's photos were taken on an observatory telescope that caught the star in the Moon's background. Even a Leica 36 MP Professional camera with the longest telephoto lens would not have captured that detail!
Hope somebody who saw the Selenelion in North America posts photos here.
Thanks again DarCWQ.


You are welcome.
The forecast here for that evening was for light winds, so I left the heavy steel tripod I made myself at home, lesson learned I guess.
Used a Vanguard Tracker 4, total weight about 3.5 kg, excellent tripod but just doesn't cut it in strong winds.
Camera is an Olympus E520, using a 40 x 150 mm lens set at maximum zoom, focal length 150 mm.

premierblue's photo
Fri 10/10/14 03:19 AM


You are welcome.
The forecast here for that evening was for light winds, so I left the heavy steel tripod I made myself at home, lesson learned I guess.
Used a Vanguard Tracker 4, total weight about 3.5 kg, excellent tripod but just doesn't cut it in strong winds.
Camera is an Olympus E520, using a 40 x 150 mm lens set at maximum zoom, focal length 150 mm.

You seem to be an Olympus fan like I. Started SLR photography with an Olympus OM-2s way back in 1979, and have mostly stuck with Olympus mainly bcos they fit snugly in my hands. I currently use an Olympus OM-D/E-M5 for my outdoor photography since 2012. Its design reminds me of the my first SLR, the OM-2s, which I still have with me but it's almost difficult to find film,
and I dont think I'll ever part with. For my business related photography (1:1 and macro photography) I use a Leica X Vario (Typ 107) bought a year ago. I find the four-thirds format more suitable than the full size DSLRs.

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Fri 10/10/14 12:28 PM
You seem to be an Olympus fan like I. Started SLR photography with an Olympus OM-2s way back in 1979, and have mostly stuck with Olympus mainly bcos they fit snugly in my hands. I currently use an Olympus OM-D/E-M5 for my outdoor photography since 2012. Its design reminds me of the my first SLR, the OM-2s, which I still have with me but it's almost difficult to find film,
and I dont think I'll ever part with. For my business related photography (1:1 and macro photography) I use a Leica X Vario (Typ 107) bought a year ago. I find the four-thirds format more suitable than the full size DSLRs.


Nice :)

My first & only experience with DSLR's the E520 is, I picked it up about 5 years ago, it was a couple of hundred dollars cheaper than the others around at the time.
It seems to be a pretty good all round camera.

mssilverfox's photo
Sat 10/11/14 07:23 AM
I was up by 5am EST and sat in my car and watched the eclipse. It was very clear (and chilly) here and there were thousands of stars out. It started about 5am and lasted for about 1hr and 15 minutes. The moon didn't turn red until about 3/4 of the way thru the eclipse. I took some pic on my Canon with a 20x zoom. Haven't time to upload them, sorry.. Usually the sky is overcast here in Ohio for any of the sun, moon or star happenings. Once(back in the late 60's) I did get to see the northern lights. That was amazing!!

premierblue's photo
Sat 10/11/14 01:29 PM

I was up by 5am EST and sat in my car and watched the eclipse. It was very clear (and chilly) here and there were thousands of stars out. It started about 5am and lasted for about 1hr and 15 minutes. The moon didn't turn red until about 3/4 of the way thru the eclipse. I took some pic on my Canon with a 20x zoom. Haven't time to upload them, sorry.. Usually the sky is overcast here in Ohio for any of the sun, moon or star happenings. Once(back in the late 60's) I did get to see the northern lights. That was amazing!!

You are fortunate Mssilverfox to have watched the main part of this Selenelion lunar eclipse. As you probably know the last time (before this Oct. 8th) a selenelion eclipse occured was in Aug. 1989. When you have the time (but before this thread dies) pls post your photo. We have just one set of photos here, from DarCWQ in Australia.

AMILIA1724's photo
Sat 10/11/14 04:52 PM


I was up by 5am EST and sat in my car and watched the eclipse. It was very clear (and chilly) here and there were thousands of stars out. It started about 5am and lasted for about 1hr and 15 minutes. The moon didn't turn red until about 3/4 of the way thru the eclipse. I took some pic on my Canon with a 20x zoom. Haven't time to upload them, sorry.. Usually the sky is overcast here in Ohio for any of the sun, moon or star happenings. Once(back in the late 60's) I did get to see the northern lights. That was amazing!!

You are fortunate Mssilverfox to have watched the main part of this Selenelion lunar eclipse. As you probably know the last time (before this Oct. 8th) a selenelion eclipse occured was in Aug. 1989. When you have the time (but before this thread dies) pls post your photo. We have just one set of photos here, from DarCWQ in Australia.


Your right Premierblue,its so nice to see another photo.We are fortunate DarCWQ's generous to share his precious photos to mingle family.

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