Luna Oscura

[saavedra77]

Over the weekend, I splurged on a new digital camera to replace the one that died on me right before the holidays. I upgraded to a Panasonic Lumix, which comes with 18x optical zoom and a raft of other shiny features.

Since then, I've been seeking out the kinds of difficult shots that my old camera invariably failed to capture: nighttime scenes, faraway mountains, people in motion, etc.

Wednesday night presented a particularly irresistible challenge, in the form of a lunar eclipse. I spent about a half an hour leaning back against a wall, struggling to keep my hands steady and focus on that slowly reddening hunk of rock up there. Here's what I managed to catch:
















It's still not quite what my eyes saw, but it's amazingly close.

Comments

[dlasky.livejournal.com]

Nice work! Way better than my attempts to shoot the eclipse.

And please keep us posted on how you like that camera! I want to upgrade one of these days, and am starting to pay attention to what types of cameras are out there.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

I think credit mostly goes to that 18x optical zoom (and an automated stablization thing the camera does, which partially compensates for my shaky hands ...).

I'll give you a little tip...

[dlasky.livejournal.com]

With no tripod and an eclipse in full swing, I stablized my camera on the roof of someones parked car. If you try this, just make sure that the owner of the car is not anywhere nearby.

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

Oh, well done you! And thanks for sharing. I forgot it was last night and had really wanted to see it.

[sarrabellum.livejournal.com]

Nice! All I got were blurry dots.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but like I said to dlasky, a lot of the credit goes to the new camera. :)