Lunar Eclipse as it happens

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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This Post Has 11 Comments

  1. SittingFox

    3 Mar 2007

    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

    3 Mar 2007

    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

    3 Mar 2007

    I seen 22:43 live as it happened!!

  4. sanshan

    4 Mar 2007

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

  5. Flying Red Fox Blog

    4 Mar 2007

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

  6. Mickeyjoe-Irl

    4 Mar 2007

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

  7. sprogger

    5 Mar 2007

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

  8. gdare

    5 Mar 2007

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

  9. Words

    8 Mar 2007

    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

    8 Mar 2007

    great shots!

  11. zetorres

    9 Mar 2007

    Beautiful!

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