Eclipse over Uluru

[marc4darkskies]

Certainly nothing very exciting from an image quality point of view (I'm no solar system photographer plus I only had a cheap lens and a tripod!), but it sure was a joy to witness such a great eclipse from Uluru :cool:

Cheers, Marcus

[Redshift13]

Nice!
Uluru (and The Olgas) are a pretty amazing experience at any time - have you been to the Sounds of Silence dinner?

[RB]

Oh what a wonderful experience that would have been for you Marcus !
I bet it looked stunning.
Thanks for sharing it.

:thumbsup:

[MortonH]

The photos are nice, but I bet the experience was just awesome!

[marc4darkskies]

No, there were 4 of us and we couldn't justify spending the better part of $800 for dinner!:eyepop::screwy:



Yeah, it was a treat and it was great to see the night sky sparkle to life at mid eclipse!



Photos don't do the experience justice, that's for sure!

[batema]

Having been there in July I know what a wonderful night it must have been for you Marcus. It is such an amazing place.

[h0ughy]

cool place to be for something like this

[PeterEde]

Never seen Ayers Rock.
Shots like this would be two or more exposures
1 for moon
1 or 2 for the rock
1 or 2 for the foreground
layered
nice though

[N1]

Marcus, those are great shots, taken from one of the best places to be for something like that. Your site selection trumps all others I have seen for this event :D Do they let you into the park at night nowadays?

[marc4darkskies]

Absolutely! Wish I'd had the equipment to do it more justice!



Just 5 30 second exposures for the wide scene - stacked, used 1 30 second for the sky. Half second for totality. Enough to capture the memory at least! :)



Park closes at 20:00 and I stayed until 20:30 or so - very close to mid eclipse.