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My blood moon (Original Post) Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 OP
Nice! NV Whino Oct 2014 #1
Nice! ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #2
It's totally cloudy here this afternoon. Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #3
Well, damn it, my dear Blue! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #4
Very nice AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #5
Lovely! mnhtnbb Oct 2014 #6
Very nice picture. Calista241 Oct 2014 #7
Thank you. Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #9
Nice!!! Solly Mack Oct 2014 #8
and blue scores again. :D Lovely as usual, my friend. :D roguevalley Oct 2014 #10

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
3. It's totally cloudy here this afternoon.
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 08:20 PM
Oct 2014

It started out not too bad, but it's gray and dreary now. Timed just right this time around.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,580 posts)
4. Well, damn it, my dear Blue!
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 08:27 PM
Oct 2014

Now, this is what I wish I had gotten, instead of my silly little crumb!

But all I had was my 50 mm fixed focal length lens...the zoom lens is full of dust and quite useless since I went to the Antelope Canyon.


This is stunning. The color, the feeling of an orb........wonderful!

Congrats!

AwakeAtLast

(14,124 posts)
5. Very nice
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 10:21 PM
Oct 2014

It was gorgeous here in Indiana, too! So glad I was able to see it at 7:00 a.m. instead of 3:00 a.m.!

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
9. Thank you.
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 12:07 AM
Oct 2014

I was happy to see a couple of stars and I wanted them to be in the photo. If I look at this full-sized on my computer, I can see many more.

But, obviously, the moon is the star here.


What was really surprising to me was how fast the moon moved across my frame at this magnification. I'd start out with it up in the left-hand corner like this and 5-7 minutes later when I went outside for the next shot, it would be way over on the right. I'd have to continually reframe and refocus over the three-hour period.

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