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Lunar Mosaic by *tysonius:icontysonius:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Astrophotography

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Submitted: September 3, 2007
File Size: 372 KB
Image Size: 43.6 KB
Resolution: 1024×1023
Comments: 36
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Make: PENTAX Corporation
Model: PENTAX K100D
Shutter Speed: 1/180 second
F Number: F/16.0
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Date Picture Taken: Aug 27, 2007, 11:53:25 PM

Artist's Comments

Woo-hoo! These are a selection of several hundred exposures I made of the lunar eclipse on August 28, 2007. Not only was it fascinating watching the process occur, but I learned a great deal about my camera and astrophotography while I was at it. I used a Pentax 75-300mm zoom maxed out to shoot these, with an initial setting of f/16 for 1/180sec., and eventually worked my way down to f/5.8 for 4 seconds. I used an ISO of 200 (the lowest on my camera) for all of the shots. Although I think I could get sharper images with more practice, I'm actually pretty pleased with the results, all things considered. BTW, I did not touch up the color in any way--this is how the moon looked through my lens. It wasn't quite as red by the naked eye, but pretty close.
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~onelook:icononelook: Sep 4, 2007, 3:56:54 AM
wow, without your description I would have never figured out what's here to see! great job!
~MissTangent:iconMissTangent: Sep 4, 2007, 5:10:42 AM Mood: Amazed
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=Foxfires:iconFoxfires: Sep 4, 2007, 6:12:23 AM
Hey this is sooooooooo awesome!!! What a gorgeous mosaic of the eclipse! :faint: I'm so glad I made that announcement, and so, so happy someone actually took the time to do something like this! Beautiful work, my friend!!

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~antyqjon:iconantyqjon: Sep 4, 2007, 10:38:39 AM
Wow, I never thought of creating eclipse mosaic in the form of a spiral. A different view on what most astronomers know very well, creative idea! :D
*tysonius:icontysonius: Sep 4, 2007, 11:16:40 AM
Thank you! I thought it was a nice change from the "slideshow" approach, too! :)
*tysonius:icontysonius: Sep 4, 2007, 11:18:22 AM
Thank you so much! I'm very happy with the final result--definitely worth staying up all night. ;)
*tysonius:icontysonius: Sep 4, 2007, 11:18:52 AM
Speechless? You? I can't believe it! ;)
*tysonius:icontysonius: Sep 4, 2007, 11:23:01 AM
Thank you very much! It was certainly worth it staying up all night! :D
~TheManWhoKnewTooMuch:iconTheManWhoKnewTooMuch: Sep 4, 2007, 3:51:30 PM
Incredible work with this mosaic, I am very sad i missed out on the eclipse.

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*tysonius:icontysonius: Sep 4, 2007, 4:41:44 PM
Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked this piece! I have to say, I was pretty exhausted by the time the eclipse was at its peak--I really needed to sleep! (which is why the mosaic ends with the peak, and not the end.). Don't feel to bad about having missed it, there will be another over North America in 2011, so you've got plenty of time to prepare!
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