RE: [APML] Lunar Eclipse from Stonehenge

[Philip Perkins <pgp@astrocruise.com>]

Hi John,

Apologies for the delay!  The green glowing object is the result of a 
lighting effect that didn't work quite as expected, but I decided not to 
touch it after my daughter said it looked 'cool' :)  Some sort of light is 
needed to avoid the stones being just black silhouettes. My daughter was 
behind the large sarsen stone to the right of centre holding a long pole 
with a flashgun and reflecting parasol on the end.  But the light did not 
disperse like I thought it would and caused the "spotlight" that you 
see.  What you see is one of the fallen stones and a bit of surrounding 
grass.  But my daughter thought that the light created a certain "frisson" 
with the moon above (she is an arty type:)  I still haven't tweaked the 
black level on this image!

Thanks
--Philip

At 19:24 12/05/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Brilliant shot Philip! The clouds add an ominous, almost spooky atmosphere
>to the image. What is even spookier is that green glowing object in the
>centre of the image! What is that? It didn't glow when I was last there in
>'73. It could almost be "Slimer" from Ghostbusters..... :-O
>
>John Mirtle
>Calgary, Ab. Canada
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org] On
>Behalf Of Philip Perkins
>Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 6:39 AM
>To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
>Subject: [APML] Lunar Eclipse from Stonehenge
>
>Conditions were poor but I managed to grab a shot of the 4th May lunar
>eclipse from Stonehenge:
>http://www.astrocruise.com/l_eclipse.htm
>
>Regards
>--Philip
>Philip Perkins
><pgp@astrocruise.com>
>Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
>http://www.astrocruise.com


Philip Perkins
<pgp@astrocruise.com>
Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
http://www.astrocruise.com

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