| Subject | Lunar Eclipse |
| Date/Time | AUG 28, 2007 - 03:00 - 04:30 AM MST |
| Location | Flagstaff, Arizona - Home |
| Optics | 18 - 55 mm Kit Lens and 15 x 70 Oberwerk Binoculars |
| Camera | Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel |
| Exposure | 1/15 sec (main image) 1, 2, 4, 8 sec (left inset images) 1/5, 1/30 sec (right inset images) |
| Processing | Contrast and noise reduction with Adobe Photoshop CS3 and NeatImage |
| Supporting Links | Discussion of the observing session. |
The above image features a wide photo with the backdrop of stars showing. On the left side are a series of inset photos taken with different exposure lengths to show different levels of subtlety and detail (1, 2, 4, and 8 seconds respectively). The two inset photos on the right were taken through the eyepiece of my binoculars as the eclipse was ending.
The view through binoculars was amazing. The moon appeared lit from within, like a smoked kerosene lamp with a nearly extinguished flame giving off its last light. As the umbra finally slid away from the Moon's western limb, another fantastic color contrast lit up the scene. The moon ranged from dull, brick red in its eastern maria, to coppery tones in the highlands, and then to subdued yellows closer to its center, and then a neutral gray toward the edge of deepest shadow. On the other soft edge of the shadow, the clean white and light gray shades beckoned to wake up the rest of the Lunar surface.