A rare and always amazing occurrence last night: a full lunar eclipse >>on<< the winter solstice. the last one was 435 years ago according to the last I read on it…and no one has bothered to determine when the next one is yet!
It starts.
(1/3000, f8, 260mm, ISO 800, 11:35 MST)
About half way.
(1/750, f8, 225mm, ISO 250, 12:01 MST)
Totality.
(1/15, f5.6, 300mm, ISO 1250, 01:44 MST)
The Moon returns from being eaten.
(1/750, f5.6, 300mm, ISO 500, 02:09 MST)
(At this point I was pretty sure whomever ate it would cough the Moon back up, so I went to bed. It was a work night…)
Much later: Moonset!
(1/90, f8, 300, ISO 500, -1/2 stop)
The Eclipse shots are all 100% crops. All were handheld, thanks to whomever invented Image Stabilization. I was in and out of the house to take them; it was a bit COLD last night {!-{>. The last one was something the Dailylife Wife saw from the kitchen and told me about. She stepped out onto the deck to take her shot…I already did my time in the cold. I shot through the open door!
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