Lunar Eclipse: October 8, 2014

Hi folks. Long time no post. I haven't had the chance to do any computer or photography related activities lately which explains my lack of active participation due to my carpal tunnel syndrome on my right wrist.

Anyway, I thought of dropping by and share this picture while most are still sleeping.

Spot metering. D800E in DX mode.

Edit: I had to change the first picture since I wrote the wrong year on the watermark.

Here is my version

I agree. Those came out really nice.

Got up to see it, but too hazy to shot anything worth looking at

Glenn:

Sorry for a stupid question, but why shoot in DX mode? Btw, here's the moon prior to the eclipse, taken in the middle of the US. Heavy crop. Maybe should have shot in DX mode?

singlerosa said:

Glenn:

Sorry for a stupid question, but why shoot in DX mode? Btw, here's the moon prior to the eclipse, taken in the middle of the US. Heavy crop. Maybe should have shot in DX mode?

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Jim - Nice shot by the way.

I use DX mode if I know that I am going to be doing some heavy cropping such as the moon or perhaps a macro shot to save on hard drive space with the D800.

I just shoot with a DX.

We had cloud cover so I wasn't even expecting anything, but we got a break just as it started. Alas the clouds returned before blood was spilled.

singlerosa said:

Glenn:

Sorry for a stupid question, but why shoot in DX mode? Btw, here's the moon prior to the eclipse, taken in the middle of the US. Heavy crop. Maybe should have shot in DX mode?

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Jim, did you rotate this? Crater orientation seems to be 90 degrees left and it's freaking me out. LOL

No rotation. That's how the moon looks in St. Louis, MO USA. I also took a couple of shots with my D7000 in addition to my D600 to see which would look better after heavy cropping. The D600 won.

singlerosa said:

No rotation. That's how the moon looks in St. Louis, MO USA. I also took a couple of shots with my D7000 in addition to my D600 to see which would look better after heavy cropping. The D600 won.

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Interesting. I wouldn't think it would look that different with only a 2 degree shift in latitude and 15 degrees longitude from where I'm at. I'm a bit perplexed by this, but can't afford to spend the time on it right now and Google isn't offering easy explanations.

BackdoorHippie said:

Interesting. I wouldn't think it would look that different with only a 2 degree shift in latitude and 15 degrees longitude from where I'm at. I'm a bit perplexed by this, but can't afford to spend the time on it right now and Google isn't offering easy explanations.

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Jake - it all depends on what time you shoot the mood since that will depend on it's orientation in relation to the earth.

gqtuazon said:

Jake - it all depends on what time you shoot the mood since that will depend on it's orientation in relation to the earth.

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That's the thing - everything I'm reading says it doesn't change that way. We are rotating at a constant longitude and the moon is rotating in an almost perfect geosynchronous manner with the earth, so it doesn't change orientation. I get that it does look different in different parts of the world, but in one part of the world it always looks the same - at least that's what I'm reading. So, if that's the case, outside of differences in camera orientation (ie. was Jim's shot taken vertically?!) there's nothing I can find that explains a 90 degree moon rotation in 2 degrees of latitude.