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Super blood moon last night. Not a great image as it was quite windy and cold, so I think the atmosphere was quite turbulent. Even with faster shutters, the details were not sharp.
As totality approached and the moon moved closer to straight overhead, the difficulties of finding the moon on the screen at all and keeping it in the picture and touching up focus became more trouble than it was worth. My tripod and ball head were really not up to the task, and the photographer wasn't so good either. So I gave up.
I ran into the same problem ages ago, the tripod head was great for tracking things down low, but terrible for above. Since it was a panic job and no time to order one in, I grabbed a steel bar and made an L bracket.
Also, shooting overhead is one of those times that I really like an articulating screen.
After making my emergency L bracket, I decided to create the ultimate L bracket so that I could centre the focal point of the camera over the centre of the tripod for panorama shooting. A couple of chunks of aluminum from the scraps bin, and a couple of lunch hours with the milling machine, and voila!I ran into the same problem ages ago, the tripod head was great for tracking things down low, but terrible for above. Since it was a panic job and no time to order one in, I grabbed a steel bar and made an L bracket.
Also, shooting overhead is one of those times that I really like an articulating screen.
ditto on the neck pain - really need a 90 degree viewfinder adaptorView attachment 182775
I would of liked the flippy screen for shots like this. My neck and back still hurt today.
Still playing with these files. Single exposure just before totality.
After making my emergency L bracket, I decided to create the ultimate L bracket so that I could centre the focal point of the camera over the centre of the tripod for panorama shooting. A couple of chunks of aluminum from the scraps bin, and a couple of lunch hours with the milling machine, and voila!
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I did a little better JPEG conversion for my home page of the G7X II picture:
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I selected the stars and used the Levels controls to brighten them a bit so they would show up after the size conversion. I still didn't adjust the color of the moon. From the other shots here I gather that it was a little more coppery in color, so mine is a little off on the magenta side. I guess I had the little camera set to AWB, so maybe not so bad for that. I also didn't apply any noise reduction to the moon. I was afraid of losing detail. I knew I'd get some noise with ISO 3200 on a 1" sensor, but in the few moments I thought about settings, I was afraid of more blur with a longer shutter speed, especially hand-held. The stars appear sharp enough to suggest that shake was not a problem, and the infinity focus worked fine.