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09-17-2016, 12:57 PM
The most spectacular was back in the early 80s. I was one term at UC Santa Cruz waiting for the Bizerkly Anthropology Department to open up. I met this scottish redhead who overstayed her visitor's visa and dated for awhile. There was a mythical treehouse in the redwood grove above Merrill College she lived in ( or is it up)? We spent the night drinking scotch and playing Pink Floyd DARK SIDE OF THE MOON on a cassette deck. The biggest and closest moon I ever saw came up that no space art genre could capture. Then I looked over a saw my first Banana Slug
with a lady Banana Slug moving faster than I was.
Last night was more special, and I didn't have to climb down a tree in the morning half drunk and go take a test- which I aced.
with a lady Banana Slug moving faster than I was.
Last night was more special, and I didn't have to climb down a tree in the morning half drunk and go take a test- which I aced.
09-18-2016, 08:37 AM
It was also a very close to the earth full moon, that made it a hair larger than average. But the lunar eclipse was for the eastern hemisphere, not for us.
Bakerb' it's basically a rock in full sunlight so unless it's an auto camera it needs to be set for that. Auto cameras will overexpose with a black background. They want to make the background grey and that burns out the highlights , which in this case is the moon. Or if auto exposure but selective metering, take a spot reading of just the moon and it should be fine and the background will be nice and black, maybe with a few stars/planets seen.
Bakerb' it's basically a rock in full sunlight so unless it's an auto camera it needs to be set for that. Auto cameras will overexpose with a black background. They want to make the background grey and that burns out the highlights , which in this case is the moon. Or if auto exposure but selective metering, take a spot reading of just the moon and it should be fine and the background will be nice and black, maybe with a few stars/planets seen.
09-18-2016, 02:19 PM
Thanks for the info about the moon and the photo tips Brian.
I took that with a cellphone camera is all.
Only other option I have is a little point and shoot Kodak from 2007. I don't think it does what you are talking about.
I was wondering about the eclipse. The last time I watched for one I remember it taking hours and being a bit underwhelming. This past full moon, AccuWeather website had some click bait article about the Harvest Moon being an eclipse. It read like it was written by a robot or a manikin. No details or elaboration and I forgot about it without reading a more detailed description until I was out with my dogs that night and the yard was lit up like dusk.
I will have to double check anything I read from a website headline before repeating it.
I took that with a cellphone camera is all.
Only other option I have is a little point and shoot Kodak from 2007. I don't think it does what you are talking about.
I was wondering about the eclipse. The last time I watched for one I remember it taking hours and being a bit underwhelming. This past full moon, AccuWeather website had some click bait article about the Harvest Moon being an eclipse. It read like it was written by a robot or a manikin. No details or elaboration and I forgot about it without reading a more detailed description until I was out with my dogs that night and the yard was lit up like dusk.
I will have to double check anything I read from a website headline before repeating it.
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