Maximum eclipse from perth

Grahame (Grahame) · #1 16-06-2011, 07:20 AM

The clouds parted long enough for this shot, in between covering the gear during brief rain which was around

10 seconds @ ISO 800, Williams Optics FLT-132 and canon 7D.

This was one of the darkest eclipses I have seen to date

Grahame.

Derek Klepp · #2 16-06-2011, 07:23 AM

Great shot Grahame had similar weather here

Heath (Heater) · #3 16-06-2011, 07:25 AM

That is splendid Grahame!

Did you track given the 10 sec exposure?

von Tom (Tom) · #4 16-06-2011, 07:28 AM

Fantastic Grahame

M54 (Molly) · #5 16-06-2011, 07:28 AM

Beautiful shot Grahame.

We had a wonderful view in Melbourne.

Osirisra (Ken) · #6 16-06-2011, 07:33 AM

Sweet Shot!, Weather was garbage here. Managed to get a couple short glimpses but not long enough for any good pics :/

Grahame (Grahame) · #7 16-06-2011, 07:41 AM

Heath - yes I was using my G-11 on Lunar tracking

StephenM (Stephen) · #8 16-06-2011, 07:41 AM

Stunning image Grahame! Great work.

Cheers,
Stephen

Liz · #9 16-06-2011, 07:45 AM

Wow!! Thats is so beautiful Grahame.

Saturn%5 (Graeme) · #10 16-06-2011, 08:12 AM

Very nice shot, sadly just cloud here

michaellxv (Michael) · #11 16-06-2011, 08:31 AM

Great shot Grahame, very well done.

mswhin63 (Malcolm) · #12 16-06-2011, 10:24 AM

Beautiful shot. So many star occultations with stars in that one. Great depth!

Tried to get out but the rain headed in about 3:00 and gave up. Should have stuck with it. Couldn't find my cover for my gear.

renormalised (Carl) · #13 16-06-2011, 10:28 AM

Nice shot

howado (Howard) · #14 16-06-2011, 10:33 AM

Awesome!!

With your 7D at ISO 800, will noise become a serious issue? Mine seems to have significant noise problem even at ISO 640.
Any suggestion / comment?

thanks.

Quark (Trevor) · #15 16-06-2011, 11:52 AM

Very nice result Grahame.

Cheers
Trevor

cohiba (Robert) · #16 16-06-2011, 11:56 AM

Great Shot you lucky swine, I stayed up most of the night trying to get a couple of images but all we had in the Swan Valley was cloud, cloud, rain and more rain

lepton3 (Ivan) · #17 16-06-2011, 12:03 PM

Fabulous image Grahame. You really made the best of the conditions.

I agree, it was darker than I was expecting. Fantastic to see the moon among the stars.

-Ivan

suma126 (Shane) · #18 16-06-2011, 12:16 PM

great work Grahame it was very dark i couldn't even use live view through the 8 inch gso rc ota

m@s (Marc) · #19 16-06-2011, 02:15 PM

WoW !
What a tack sharp image !
Your focusing is a masterpiece and your colour rendition is excellent

Really a great photo

Congrats.

m@s

callingrohit (Vivek) · #20 16-06-2011, 02:53 PM

awesome awesome and awesome capture

Hopefully someday I'll gain the skill to capture such beautifully focussed eclipse shots.

The darkness of the total eclipse + dew made it frustratingly difficult for me to get a focussed image via my canon 400D + 300mm lens.

Well, will try again in Dec 2011.