Total eclipse shots

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:18:44 GMT, "Mick" wrote:

Great but I have to wonder why ISO 1000 and 10s? I got good response
afocally with ISO 400 and 2 and 3 seconds with a point and shoot.

They were shot through a layer of cloud.

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Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:47:51 +0000, Pete Lawrence
wrote:

Thanks for all the comments. Here's another take on the approach to
totality...

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/eclipse..._0827_1024.jpg
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Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

In article , Pete Lawrence
writes
Thanks for all the comments. Here's another take on the approach to
totality...

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/eclipse..._0827_1024.jpg

Superb... please sir, may I have permission to use the image as the
background to my desk top?
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Wendy Tinley

http://www.theigloo.co.uk/

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:39:40 +0000, Wendy Tinley
wrote:

In article , Pete Lawrence
writes
Thanks for all the comments. Here's another take on the approach to
totality...

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/eclipse..._0827_1024.jpg

Superb... please sir, may I have permission to use the image as the
background to my desk top?

With my pleasure Wendy.
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Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Great but I have to wonder why ISO 1000 and 10s? I got good response
afocally with ISO 400 and 2 and 3 seconds with a point and shoot.

They were shot through a layer of cloud.

Must have been a rather thin layer because there is still much detail

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:32:36 GMT, "Mick" wrote:




Great but I have to wonder why ISO 1000 and 10s? I got good response
afocally with ISO 400 and 2 and 3 seconds with a point and shoot.

They were shot through a layer of cloud.

Must have been a rather thin layer because there is still much detail

It varied in thickness quite a lot to be honest which made exposing
shots very hard. I was surrounded by about 50 other people, many of
whom were just watching and hoping for gaps, or thinning patches in
the layer. The best trick was to set the exposure long and sensitivity
high so that the variation in cloud/mist thickness averaged out. I
think the longest exposure/highest ISO setting was from a mate of mine
who had set up next to my station. He had a great result with a 28s
ISO 1600 shot!

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Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

..DUH!




Longer exposure helps through moving clouds.

Who asked you numb nuts?



Duh... to get the correct exposure for detail in the shadowed
lunar surface at f/9.

On 22 Feb, 07:42, Mark Ayliffe wrote:
On or about 2008-02-21,
illuminated us with:



On 21 Feb, 15:47, Pete Lawrence wrote:
Hi all,

Here are a couple of shots from last night's eclipse. A rare sight
from the UK I gather. Lots of hazy cloud around made getting the right
exposure a nightmare.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/eclipse...G_0826_800.jpg

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/eclipse...G_0928_800.jpg
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Pete Lawrencehttp://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Excellent as always Pete

Being a total ignoramus about this sort of thing, any pointers as to
kit and settings used to produce these wonderful images ?

Umm, with respect, did you notice the words in the pictures near the
bottom edge?



Sorry no I didn't Unfortunately the bottom of the image was off the
bottom of the screen so I didn't Thanks for pointing out, I'll try
to remember to keep an eye out next time Pete posts another of his
excellent images...

Nick