Here is the lunar eclipse, photographed from our bedroom this evening. I tried to be brave and went outside to photograph it, but the clouds were such a problem it didn't seem worth it.
I had the usual difficulty setting up the camera manually to take a picture when the eclipse was full-those pictures didn't come out. I like autofocus and auto exposure, but situations like this completely discombobulate them!
Does anyone out there know what those two stars/planets are?
So you have to manually focus the camera-hard enough at night when you know how to do it! The Olympus digital lens is a little squirrelly on manual focus-or I just haven't gotten the hang of it. I got it pretty focused-but the haze blurred it somewhat.
I tried to photograph that beautiful crescent moon at sunset a few weeks back, and never managed that one. I did a little better this time. I guess I'm getting the hang of it. That's one thing about a new camera-it can take a while to fully master it.
2 comments:
Thanks for letting me "see" the eclipse. I was in class so I missed it in real time.
I have never even tried night photography with my digital...I would give it a go but I am usually ready for bed once the sun goes down...how lame is that??
Liz
The sky lights are Saturn and Regulus. Regulus is in the constellation Leo... coincidence?
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