An image from a while back that I decided to work on.
Tried to shoot the lunar eclipse this morning but you needed to be at the far west coast or somewhere in the pacific to catch totality. Hawaii would have been perfect !
This one is from a couple of years back and unfortunately under very hazy conditions.
Two magnificent images, Klaus.
I'm befuddled about the second shot, though: A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth comes between the sun and the moon, and the earth's shadow is cast on the moon. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the entire moon is in shadow. If the moon is almost completely dark- how can you photograph it?
Charlie
Love the shots - Klaus, did you rotate or flip the moon shot? I shot it and and the bright area was at the bottom as it was going into totality. Oops, yours is from a couple of years ago.
Charlie I will attempt an answer to your question.
You are able to have light in the shadow of the earth that falls on the moon because the atmosphere of the earth is farther out all the way around the earth than the solid earth. That part of the air is able to bend (refract) a small portion of the the sunlight into the shadow cast by the solid earth. This also explains the reddish copper color in the shadow as the longer warmer wavelengths are less filtered and pass through the atmosphere with greater strength than the shorter wavelengths (cooler colors).
Charlie Shugart wrote:
Two magnificent images, Klaus.
I'm befuddled about the second shot, though: A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth comes between the sun and the moon, and the earth's shadow is cast on the moon. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the entire moon is in shadow. If the moon is almost completely dark- how can you photograph it?
Charlie
Charlie,
Thanks and when the light from the sun passes through the earths atmosphere its just like the sunset and turns orange / red in color. The faint shadow light hits the moon and turns it that color. It only happens when the eclispe is in full totality.
The first is a wonderful contrast of reality vs surreality. The tree & stars add a nice does of reality to counter the surreality of the surreality of the lake surface. Very nice!
I kinda like the hazy conditions in the eclipse.....it might add a touch of softness to the surface features of the moon, but the sorta 'glow' it adds to the atmosphere helps distinguish this one from so many others of this type.
Thanks for all the kind comments and thoughts everyone.
Fo Tollery wrote:
The first is a wonderful contrast of reality vs surreality. The tree & stars add a nice does of reality to counter the surreality of the surreality of the lake surface. Very nice!
I kinda like the hazy conditions in the eclipse.....it might add a touch of softness to the surface features of the moon, but the sorta 'glow' it adds to the atmosphere helps distinguish this one from so many others of this type.
Fo,
Thanks and the first was pretty cool to watch develop. At first we thought it was going to be a wash but the last afterlight became quite nice.
The second was a little disappointing when I shot it but what can you do when the skies don't cooperate. DOOOHHHH !
