Total Lunar Eclipse from Brisbane 26th May 2021

[Dennis]

Managed to dodge a few unexpected bands of clouds that played hide-and-seek with the Moon in the lead up to totality.:rolleyes:

I used SNS HDR to blend a series of exposures ranging from 5 secs to 10 secs ISO400 to ISO800 and F8 to F11 to cover the brightness range and used the star field acquired 2 nights ago before the Moon muscled in on that region tonight.

Cheers

Dennis

[multiweb]

Superb composition Dennis. Great details in the disc. That's the money shot. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Dennis]

Thanks Marc, I appreciate your comments.:)

I was using the Canon EOS R5 -> Mount Adapter EF-EOS R -> Extender EF x2 Mk III -> Extender EF x2 Mk II -> Canon EF 300mm F2.8L Mk II to give me a focal length of 1200mm.:eyepop:

I only had EOS Utility to control the R5 and experienced a couple of unexpected limitations where in Manual Exposure Mode, the lowest shutter speed I could set was 0.5 secs and in Bulb Mode, the shortest exposure I could set was 5 secs, so I could not access any other shutter speeds in between .:shrug:

In the end I managed to bracket exposures by changing the Aperture and ISO to get some HDR results. Next time I'll do a dry run, to test the system out rather than winging it on the night.:rolleyes:

The early part was clouded out, first by trees then by clouds.:sadeyes:

Look forward to seeing your results, I really enjoyed re-watching your 2014 Videos.:thumbsup:

Cheers

Dennis

[Derek Klepp]

Always good to see your results Dennis.I had the Ra but used a 1.4III @ a 2x II on the 600mm.(1280mm)And it still auto focused most of the time.The mkIII extenders weren’t compatible with each other.These R models really are a step up.
Derek

[PeterM]

Oh yeah Dennis! Best I have seen by far! So very well presented.

[Sunfish]

Spectacular shot. A great night last night under the red moon.

[Dennis]

Thanks Derek, I appreciate your comments and likewise, always good to hear from you.:)

I took a series of 30 frames at 10 secs, ISO800 and F8 and then Exported the CR3s in LR as TIFs. I then used ImagesPlus (Mike Unsold – now free) to crop these to 4094x4096 around the centre of the Frame and saved these as TIFs.

I then dropped these TIFs into Austostakkert!3 to Align/Stack the 30 Frames and was surprised at how the EOS R5 was able to handle the dynamic range without the need for HDR processing.

Also, I found that if you use a Canon 12mm Tube between Extenders, you can get them to mate and this combination does focus on infinity – photo attached.

Cheers

Dennis

[Retrograde]

Cracking composition Dennis. :thumbsup:

[rustigsmed]

nice work Dennis!

[Dave882]

Fantastic! Thanks for putting in the hard yards on this one!! It’s really paid off.

[multiweb]

Actually had the same idea as you. Shooting the background separately. Finishing off tonight. I'm doing a 3 panel mosaic around the blue horse head in Ha/Oiii because of my LP conditions. So the background will be monochrome. The fov and image scale with the QHY9 are are very close to the SONY NEX-5. SO it will be ok to match.

Top shot again. One for the poolroom. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

Magnificent

[Pepper]

I keep coming back to look at this one.
That’s an amazing pic. Definitely worth hanging on the wall imo.

[Dennis]

Thank you for all the comments folks, I appreciate them.:)

We enjoyed 2 beautiful, clear days and nights before eclipse night, then on the night of the eclipse, the clouds rolled in and obscured the Moon until around 8:30pm at my location.:shrug:

Yeah – a 1st World problem, I know.:rolleyes:

Cheers

Dennis

[DarkArts]

Terrific shot, that one, all the way to the boundary for four.

[Dennis]

This is what happens when you accidentally lean on the Handle Paddle of the mount during a 10 second exposure.:rolleyes:

My first ever attempt at Space Art.:lol:

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

Brilliant mistake :thumbsup:

[Fox]

Dennis, awesome !!!
Fox

[astronobob]

Stunning images Dennis, Noice camera lens arrangment, top stuff !

[JA]

A beautiful and unique image.
Well done Dennis:thumbsup:

Best
JA

[Tulloch]

Great composition there, good detail on target.