My take on the Lunar Eclipse 2019

[Craney]

Almost caught me by surprise.   Cloud suddenly cleared just after the start.  ACTION STATIONS !!!

The only method of getting 2-3 hours of images without houses and trees obscuring the view was to hastily carry a photographic tripod, my Equinox 80 and a modded 600D with long- life battery pack down the garden..... and then dutifully tweak the Alt-Az every 5  minutes or so.... What a carry on..!!!  These are some of the captures.

The modded Canon seems to have brought out the reds more than the lovely russet/amber that I could see visually, but hey-ho!....

Sean.

[Scooot]

Great set Sean. Very well presented.  

[xtreemchaos]

great shots Sean, well presented mate. well done. charl.

[Astro Imp]

Have to agree with Richard and Charl, well done.

[Davey-T]

Nicely done Sean, still messing with mine 

Dave

[Guest]

Really like the presentation, great job!

[Craney]

Thanks everybody.

Originally tried to do something in PhotoShop, but got lost in a plethora of video tutorials by enthusiastic types  assuming I knew what Layer masks were .  

Used Powerpoint 2007 in the end.

[Davey-T]

Just be grateful you didn't take half as JPEGs and half as RAW Sean, spent the afternoon in PS resizing them all to match 

Dave

[Craney]

6 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Just be grateful you didn't take half as JPEGs and half as RAW

Ouch !!...  there are just so many things to get right.....  at 3 am in the morning !!... in the back garden...... with the added pressure that it might be another 10 years until it comes around again..   It's a certfiable hobby, but we are but moths to the flame.

[Davey-T]

About now I'm glad I could only catch up to mid eclipse as it disappeared behind the roof tops, my last image was between two chimneys 

Dave