Lunar eclipse

[scubaman]

After several weeks of wall to wall sunshine and fantastically beautiful evenings, this happens:

Anyone having better luck?

 

[MrB]

Noop, looks the same here. (mid UK):sleeping:

 

[mikehibb]

Sorry no pictures, but here in Bodrum we had a perfect view. Not a cloud in the sky.

Sat in the garden watching with the family. Mars was visible too.

 

[spannerman]

Just watched it on a hilltop in western Norway with a telescope, also Mars below and right and Saturn further right with its rings clearly visible.

 

[Nigelpickin]

We’ve just crossed to the Canary Islands from Portugal and each of the 4 evenings we’ve had an amazingly bright moon, it’s like the whole night watch was glourious twilight. We had a completely cloudless sky as we arrived in Marina Rubicon, Lanzarote so I’d been banking of a full moon to help with the close quarter manoeuvres in a new marina, I’m afraid I was cursing a bit when I realised that we’d not get any light at all. Still, it looked very special and glad that we got to see it.

 

[kashurst]

Congratulations on getting to the canaries. How did you find sailing constantly for 4 days?

 

[MapisM]

Anyone having better luck?

YES!
We enjoyed the whole eclipse in the crystal clear sky of Favignana (Aegadian Islands), and it was indeed nice.
But believe it or not, laziness stroke so hard that I couldn't be bothered to go down from the f/b where we were having dinner to grab the camera.
Also because, frankly speaking I don't think it was a particularly nice photographic subject.
Much better enjoyed in flesh... And pretty sure there will be plenty of excellent pics in the web, taken by proper photographs with ultra long lenses and tripods, neither of which I have in my bag!

 

[Nigelpickin]

Congratulations on getting to the canaries. How did you find sailing constantly for 4 days?

Who said anything about sailing!
Seriously tho’ we did about 40 engine hours when there was too much wind for us to feel safe with the sails up, the rest was proper sailing used around 200 Ltrs of fuel!
A memorable achievement I’m sure but more a means to an end...at least 20 to 25kts of wind for the entire trip and we made amazing time, considering we’re self taught sailors and were winging it a bit...
The boat is pretty comforatable with following sea and wind but our ‘crew’ started being ill on day one and didn’t improve so Ann and I just did a 3 hours on, three hours off watch system, which was fine. Loads of dolphins, no other leisure craft and a really wonderful landfall so really happy and chomping at the bit to do the big crossing in November...

 

[Adrian]

My brother sent me this pic with the comment "amazing footage of lunar eclipse.
Just beautiful" took me a few moments to realise!

 

[scubaman]

YES!
We enjoyed the whole eclipse in the crystal clear sky of Favignana (Aegadian Islands), and it was indeed nice.
But believe it or not, laziness stroke so hard that I couldn't be bothered to go down from the f/b where we were having dinner to grab the camera.
Also because, frankly speaking I don't think it was a particularly nice photographic subject.
Much better enjoyed in flesh... And pretty sure there will be plenty of excellent pics in the web, taken by proper photographs with ultra long lenses and tripods, neither of which I have in my bag!

The moon is notoriously difficult subject to shoot. My longest focal length is 400 mm and that is on the low side for taking proper shots. But all academic as there was nothing to shoot...

You made a quality choice, the kind i've found myself taking on a couple of pittoresque occasions this summer .

 

[scubaman]

We’ve just crossed to the Canary Islands from Portugal and each of the 4 evenings we’ve had an amazingly bright moon, it’s like the whole night watch was glourious twilight. We had a completely cloudless sky as we arrived in Marina Rubicon, Lanzarote so I’d been banking of a full moon to help with the close quarter manoeuvres in a new marina, I’m afraid I was cursing a bit when I realised that we’d not get any light at all. Still, it looked very special and glad that we got to see it.

That's a proper cruise! Looking forward to the vid .

 

[jfm]

I agree the comments above but fwiw this is a quick hand held snap that I took on iPhone X, from a chartered sunseeker in st brelades bay, south coast of jersey. You can also see Mars, just below the eclipsed moon. It looked awesome in reality and the pic doesn’t do it any justice.

 

[MapisM]

It looked awesome in reality and the pic doesn’t do it any justice.

I'm sure it did - and I hope you don't mind me saying that yes, it definitely doesn't...
'Kinda proves my point about not being worth grabbing the camera to take a pic!

 

[oceanfroggie]

Sadly we couldn't see the eclipse due cloud but content we got these moon pics at anchor last month off Sherkin Island

RNLI AWLB launched at 5:18am

Old friary

 

[BruceK]

yep, got it :encouragement:

 

[scubaman]

I agree the comments above but fwiw this is a quick hand held snap that I took on iPhone X, from a chartered sunseeker in st brelades bay, south coast of jersey. You can also see Mars, just below the eclipsed moon. It looked awesome in reality and the pic doesn’t do it any justice.

If the bright spec on to south east side of the moon is mars, it has been very bright indeed.

 

[scubaman]

Sadly we couldn't see the eclipse due cloud but content we got these moon pics at anchor last month off Sherkin Island

RNLI AWLB launched at 5:18am

Old friary

I remember those pics from your cruise thread. One of the better ones I remember to have seen on the forum.

You mentioned a focal length of 150 mm. At a guess, that’s somewhere around 300 mm full frame equivalent, assuming yours is not. Seems to be plenty for shooting the moon.