[APML] Eclipse of the Frosty Beaver...

["Chris Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi all -

Here are two images of last Saturday's beautiful eclipse of the Beaver Moon.

I used the Tak FS102 @ f/5.9 with 400F.  I had thought about pull-processing
the 400F after seeing other photos on the net since my shortest exposure was
5 seconds.  I ended up not pulling the film.  In the end it worked out since
the 5 second image was fine.  However, I would've liked to have taken a 2
second shot to get just a bit more detail near the bright SE limb.  I'm
still pleased with the results though.

These images are cropped about 35-40% in PS.  I shot at f/5.9 since I was
planning a long 70 second shot to record the background stars(wanting a flat
field).  As it turned out, that shot did not record as many stars as I
would've liked so I could've shot at the prime f/8 for a larger image @
820mm vs 610mm.  Oh well, the 400F wasn't phased a bit with the enlargement.

http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/lunar-eclipse110803.html

Here's a composite of totality and the partials.

http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/lunar-eclipse110803-composite.html

Comments always welcome.

Enjoy!

Chris

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Chris Cook
Astronomical & Nightscape Photography
www.abmedia.com/astro

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