I shot something a little different last night...4 hours before the eclipse started, I headed 30 minutes out of town and found a quiet dirt road to set up on. With the wife literally counting the seconds for me, I managed to capture a center-line transit of the International Space Station across the face of the soon-to-eclipse full moon. The ISS appeared in 19 of the 90 odd frames I took
We watched it approach with the naked eye, which was amazing. Took 2.5 seconds to fully cross over the face of the moon.
Taken with A7R3, Canon 100-400 II @ 400mm, ISO 400, F8, 1/1600
Might try this again with a 2X TC some day, was an incredible rush to develop the pictures back home and see those little solar panels so far away.
Great moon shots everyone and how awesome to see the ISS travers across. We had too much cloud cover here and it was too hazy, which was probably fine since the longest I have with me was an 85 1.8.
A few snow shoeing yesterday. About 3 1/2 inches.
A7iii w/ Tamron 28-75.
After lots of landscape shots recently something different today.
Took pictures of a group of oriental themed cosplayers from Germany and this is my favorite from the set.
Please let me return the compliment: I think it would be terrific fun to photograph at locations with you, as we are both drawn to similar subjects, but often approach in different ways. It would always stay fresh with the contrasting interpretations and camaraderie.
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Possibly of interest: I was just processing some shots with 50L. Here is one shot of bird of paradise plant, wide open at f1.2.
First shot is with LR adjustments, but not lens profile, so vignetting and some other items are not repaired.
Second shot is with full PP, including the lens profile and some additional dodge and burn.
Third is near 100% of center showing ants, crop taken from the second shot -- spherical aberration makes for low contrast and dreamy softness, but still retaining some good sharpness. Taken from just less than a meter distance, so DOF is very, very shallow.
Plenty of opportunities for interpretation in PP -- no single right answer, IMO.
I do not have very frequent need for such bokeh and shallow focus shots, but I like to keep trying to push myself on roads-less-traveled.
a7R2, 50mm f1.2L, MC-11, LR (with correction for CA and lens profile as noted)
Being there for the image is always better than the image itself. While the sun was slowly setting on the winter landscape, there wasn't a sound to be heard. Total silence. I wish I were there right now. The image doesn't do it justice, as usual.
I shot something a little different last night...4 hours before the eclipse started, I headed 30 minutes out of town and found a quiet dirt road to set up on. With the wife literally counting the seconds for me, I managed to capture a center-line transit of the International Space Station across the face of the soon-to-eclipse full moon. The ISS appeared in 19 of the 90 odd frames I took
We watched it approach with the naked eye, which was amazing. Took 2.5 seconds to fully cross over the face of the moon.
Taken with A7R3, Canon 100-400 II @ 400mm, ISO 400, F8, 1/1600
Might try this again with a 2X TC some day, was an incredible rush to develop the pictures back home and see those little solar panels so far away.
I am jealous. I had planned to do it, but had the wrong day (was the 19th here in Central Florida)!!! Real bummer, although I would not have been able to do it the day before, anyway. You did a great job!
