Solstice lunar eclipse from Aberdeen

[Andrew*]

Beautiful event this morning. I saw it from around 7am when it was about 75% covered, until the moon set at 8.30, when it was total.

Almost total - star is 132 Tauri

Totality

It was amazing how it was swallowed by the twilight and the atmosphere as it set. It became almost invisible!

Time: 7.40-8.14am, 21st December 2010

Camera: Canon 450D on static tripod

Telescope (close-up): Vixen A80SS achro

Lens (wide): Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 at 70mm

Exposure: 1/3 to 1.3 seconds, f/4.5-5, ISO 400

Hope you enjoy!

Andrew

[Doug]

Andrew

Thank you so much for the photo's I was clouded out this morning

So thank you again and there really good

Doug

Essex Uk

[MaCross]

That colour is something else! Thanks for showing!

[magic77]

Great pics from the Granite City!!..Excellent Photos Andrew thanks for sharing....

[kevin321]

Cracking pics andrew.

[Andrew*]

Thanks for your comments, folk!

I feel sorry for those that missed it as it was very special.

Andrew

[dogfish]

Andrew,

Superb pics. I forgot to look this morning! Saw the last one, 3 years ago, and your photos took me right back.

Thanks, Martin

[ampleamp]

thanks for the pics, combination of work and mostly cloud meant nothing here

[sheri_barri]

Excellent series of shots Andrew! The foreground subjects offset the orange of the eclipse very nicely.

[barkis]

Excellent pics. Andrew. Lovely Copper coloured totality.

Ron.

[Beyond_Vision]

I really like the first shot Andrew just like a blood red orange

Regards

Kevin

[Dangerous-Dave]

FIne images Andrew. Might be worth running the first three through Neat Image or Noise Ninja to see how they turn out. I shot at ISO200 but still found some of the images a little rough and needing NR.

[saturn5]

Lovely shots but as Dave says a wee bit of noise reduction would greatly improve things.

[peter shah]

Super set of images

[Russell.D71]

Superb images Andrew Happy Xmas from CORNWALL

Russell

Member of CORNWALL. A.S.

[MoonNut]

Yep, superb! I am glad so many people managed so many good quality images of the eclipse (especially considering the weather atm!) I had no chance to see it so thanks to everyone that made the effort and shared the results

[Andrew*]

Thank you for your kind comments And of course a Merry Christmas to you all!

Martin, I well remember the 2007 eclipse - it was a great event that I watched from start to finish. IIRC it was clear for most of the UK, so the whole forum was buzzing with sightings and images during the days that followed!

FIne images Andrew. Might be worth running the first three through Neat Image or Noise Ninja to see how they turn out. I shot at ISO200 but still found some of the images a little rough and needing NR.

Thanks for the tip, Dave. I do agree they are a little noisy. I was shooting untracked on a photo tripod, so used ISO 400 to enable shorter exposure lengths. This has contributed to the noise somewhat.

Must download the programs mentioned and give them a go. I used a bit of "Reduce Noise" filter in CS3, but it's probably not as powerful as those you mention

Cheers

Andrew