More lunacy

[Peter Ward]

Wandered into the backyard at 3.00am to take some piccies....then had a
Doh! moment could have slept another hour...of course penumbral phases are almost invisible!

Then had some cloud during the partial phases.

Thankfully this cleared. As Paul indicated in his post, totality was remarkably dark.

Seeing wasn't great and the neighbour's two storey roofline killed my western
sky for mid totality....

Took many frames...much HDR...anyway here is my take on totality...partial HDR stuff will take longer

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Nice clear shots Peter.

[alpal]

Excellent shots Peter.
I also liked Paul's version.
I saw it at 6.00am but didn't take any photos.



cheers
Allan

[astroron (Ron)]

Nice Peter.
Completely misted out here,so saw nothing.
Cheers

[Peter Ward]

Thanks guys...mark II image now at the same URL, now with HDR data

[Derek Klepp]

Nice pic .

[h0ughy (David)]

What did you sacrifice to get that in clear air. Green with envy

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

What did you sacrifice to get that in clear air. Green with envy

Sorry couldn't find any virgins or goats (hummm...I am I allowed to say that with PC gone mad these days? ) )

Just sacrificed some sleep...attached is the last frame I managed to get before the neighbours roof totally obscured the view from my Observatory.

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Great series of pics, Peter, and very nicely composed.