Lunar Eclipse as it happens

By Words | Published March 3, 2007

Photos of tonight's lunar eclipse as it happens (more or less).

21:14

21:36

21:51

22:02

22:12

22:21

At this point I slowed down the shutter speed dramatically, and increased the ISO settings to be able to shoot with minimal light. The next photos show the orange glow at around the totality. These are hand-held shots by the way.

22:38

22:43

22:47

There are some stunning shots over on Flickr. Well worth a visit. And I've just spotted this excellent photo sequence shot by Kev Lewis (renowned wildlife photographer).

Edit: Sorting through last night's efforts I found this shot, probably my most successful at the full eclipse.

22:44

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11 Comments

  1. SittingFox March 3, 2007 at 11:03 pm #

    Great series :up:

    I had a bit of a fight with my spotting scope and am not sure how my totality pics came out :whistle:

    You're shooting handheld? Very impressed 🙂

  2. Flying Red Fox Blog March 3, 2007 at 11:03 pm #

    Wow Words thats fantastic!:D Much better than my pics i will upload them tomorrow as going to bed now.

    We had a great evening to view this special natural event, and we thanks Mother Nature that we had a clear evening and a great chance to enjoy it.

  3. coxy March 3, 2007 at 11:03 pm #

    I seen 22:43 live as it happened!!

  4. sanshan March 4, 2007 at 1:03 am #

    Far out! :up: It's too overcast here tonight to see it.

  5. Flying Red Fox Blog March 4, 2007 at 8:03 am #

    Words is a professional photgrapher in disguise hehe, great job:)

  6. Mickeyjoe-Irl March 4, 2007 at 11:03 pm #

    Really well done. :up: I tried to take some photos too, but they turned out nowhere near as good. 🙁

  7. sprogger March 5, 2007 at 4:03 am #

    Great shots:up:
    It was very hazey over here around the totality. Didnt get anything near as crisp as yours, well done.

  8. gdare March 5, 2007 at 6:03 am #

    Ah, you were lucky to see it, it was raining in Belgrade….
    🙂

  9. Words March 8, 2007 at 11:03 pm #

    Thanks everyone for the feedback. It was great watching it turn into an orange ball. Surreal, and you could really see it as a solid object, not just the disk we normally get.

  10. web4me March 8, 2007 at 11:03 pm #

    great shots!

  11. zetorres March 9, 2007 at 3:03 am #

    Beautiful!