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DD, T, A, and I went out the Henry Coe State Park late last night to try and photograph the Lunar Eclipse.
We fought heavy mist, light rain, and fog all night.
I kept wiping my lens, and for awhile everytime there was a hole in the fog cover I would fire away. I struggled with my tripod controls and the rain sleeve all evening, and the STEEP angle of the moon was a killer. To get my lens pointed up nearly straight above my head I had to turn my camera to the opposite side of my tripod. The adjustment knob was on the right side then, and I am used to adjusting my camera’s position with my left hand. It was frustrating not being able to move my camera as effortlessly as I normally do. I was clumsy to say the least.
I gave up trying to photograph it about 11:30p and just became a spectator. This is my best shot of the night. Some of the penumbra. It’s a bit soft due to the fog /clouds I think…or my manual focusing. 🙂 It was beautiful! I’m glad I saw it from start to finish.
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 70-300mm@ 300mm| f16| 2.5seconds| ISO 200 | On a Tripod| Manual Mode
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Sometimes, just being a spectator is a good thing. Gives you time to sit back (or tilt back, in this case) and enjoy the experience. I’ve said this about sunsets/sunrises; I think I am missing something with all the photo-fussing I do.
Good attempt, which is all you can do. Nice job going with it.
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