We watched the news last night and heard about the Lunar Eclipse that was coming. The newscaster said that the best viewing in our area would be between 5:30 AM and 6:30 AM on Wednesday. Well, this morning my husband woke me up around 5:30. He was ready to go outside and view the eclipse.
Barely awake, I had to search for my slippers and a sweater–and of course grab my camera. Within five minutes I joined him in our backyard and stared up at the moon. Almost as spectacular were the millions of stars. I took fourteen photos of the moon by zooming in as much as I could without totally blurring the picture. The pictures aren’t as crisp as I would like, but at least you can see the eclipse in them.
I tried to zoom in on the stars, too, but couldn’t see any of them with my camera.
Anyway, here are a few of my eclipse shots.
15 Comments
October 8, 2014 at 12:11 pm
Beautiful photos:) it’s so hard to photograph the sky at night. Well done! Thanks for sharing. I’m sharing on twitter and Facebook.
October 8, 2014 at 12:16 pm
Thanks, Luccia! Trying to zoom in on something that far away in the dark was tough. The image kept moving. It was fun to try, though.
October 8, 2014 at 12:31 pm
Hi Susan! It’s obviously a spacey day. I didn’t know about the lunar eclipse, but I have been thinking about space today, and my latest blog has a spacey photo too. A coincidence? 🙂
I’m so glad you got some really great photos here. Thanks for sharing them. XXXX 😀
October 8, 2014 at 12:35 pm
Thanks, Fran! I’ll go check out your latest blog post, too.
October 8, 2014 at 12:38 pm
Thanks, Susan – I’m just really fond of coincidences. Apparently it is a harvest moon, too. XXX 😀
October 8, 2014 at 1:15 pm
I missed the eclipse, so it’s nice to see the photos! Great pics 🙂
October 8, 2014 at 1:35 pm
Thanks, Mishka!
October 13, 2014 at 3:32 pm
WOW!!!!! 😀
October 15, 2014 at 12:29 pm
Thanks, Sophie.
October 15, 2014 at 12:18 pm
You did a nice job, there, Susan. An eclipse is a really neat thing to see – well worth losing a little sleep over. It was cloudy here but seeing the Moon in front of the nearby stars can give a wonderful 3-D effect. Glad you caught it.
October 15, 2014 at 12:29 pm
Thanks, Glenn.
November 20, 2014 at 9:48 pm
Nice photos. Those turned out better than mine. I got up early to watch the entire eclipse from start to finish. I was so tired at work, but it was worth it. I have a red moon in my novel so I’m considering this “research.”
November 20, 2014 at 9:55 pm
Thanks! They weren’t easy to get.
November 20, 2014 at 9:57 pm
I know what you mean. I zoomed in and out trying to get the best shot. I have a few decent ones. We have a few more eclipses in 2015, but I don’t know if they will be visible in my state.
November 20, 2014 at 10:04 pm
Some of mine blurred. I almost gave up.