Originally posted by brianc
Tonight the view is perfect! I'm trying to grab photos every 5 minutes
or so. Hopefully, I can string them together into a panaramic-like sequence.
WoW! This came out much better than I expected!
These were taken with my
handheld Cannon PowerShot S1 IS.
I set the camera to Manual, focused at Infinity and varied the f-stop/shutter
speed.
For the early and late shots when the moon was fuller, I was using about
1/125 down to 1/60 @ 3.1 or 3.4. For some the smaller cresents, I needed
to slow waaaay down to 1/25, 1/60, or 1/80. I'm
really surprised
those even came out, but the Image Stabilzation did the job!
Afterwards, I selected the best in the series and strung them together
with <a href="https://www.gimp.org/">The GIMP</a> (a Linux[1] photo editor).
I didn't make much of an attempt to frame the moon, except to aim for the
center rectile. Because of this, some of the shots appear larger/smaller
in the panaramic. I attempted to have the moon follow a graceful curve
in the stiched together photo.
These result is
completed unretouched, the only thing I did was
select the best exposure, and cut-n-paste into the full shot. I didn't
change any color balance or contrast.
The attachment is a 2/3 reduction to fit TRF upload restrictions. It really
doesn't do the shot justice...
If you like, you can grab either the full size (~285K) or a 1/3 reduction
(~140K) here-
https://www.linuxwidows.com/LunarEclipse_pan-2004-10-27a.jpg
https://www.linuxwidows.com/LunarEclipse_pan-2004-10-27a_66.jpg
ENJOY!
[1] The GIMP is also available for Windows, Mac and other *nix platforms.
Try it! It's FREE.