Maximum eclipse from perth

[Grahame]

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]

Great shot Grahame had similar weather here

[Heath]

That is splendid Grahame!

Did you track given the 10 sec exposure?

[von Tom]

Fantastic Grahame

[M54]

Beautiful shot Grahame.

We had a wonderful view in Melbourne. :D

[Osirisra]

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

[Grahame]

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

[StephenM]

Stunning image Grahame! Great work.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Liz]

Wow!! Thats is so beautiful Grahame. :thumbsup:

[Saturn%5]

Very nice shot, sadly just cloud here :(

[michaellxv]

Great shot Grahame, very well done.

[mswhin63]

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]

Nice shot:)

[howado]

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]

Very nice result Grahame.

Cheers
Trevor

[cohiba]

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]

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]

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

[m@s]

WoW !
What a tack sharp image !
Your focusing is a masterpiece and your colour rendition is excellent :)
Really a great photo :thumbsup:
Congrats.

m@s

[callingrohit]

:eyepop:awesome awesome and awesome capture :eyepop:

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.

[bloodhound31]

Best I've seen today so far!

[Paul Haese]

Lovely and sharp, nice work.

[EddieDog]

Super pic, Grahame, I was working nights and every time I popped out it was cloud cover :( i had three girls on with me and none had ever seen an eclipse and I was really keen for them to see, but no luck.

Eddie

[erick]

I think we have a winner!! ==> IOTW :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

brilliant image - very sharp and well shot

[John Hothersall]

Thats outstanding.

John.

[astronobob]

:eyepop: Stunning Result ! !

[Grahame]

Thanks all for your comments :)

Howard - last night was first light for the 7D, I used up to ISO 3200 and it was excellent at this iso too. I will have no hesitation using ISO 1600 for widefield work with this camera.

Shane - I focused using live view at about 2am and kept this focus all night - if I attempted to refocus during the eclipse liveview would have been useless it was so dim.

Im extremely happy i stuck it out with setting up the gear - evan while I was standing there with the umbrella shielding the scope/battery thinking "totality is in 20 mins... cmon cloud give me a break!"

Grahame.

[ReaPerMan]

Great job Grahame, I had one up on you... i sat in my shed with a heater and pulled the Tarp off when the showers went away! :P

all the best

Paul

[Clayton]

Very nice! One of the best I have seen so far. :)

[Phil Hart]

that is a lovely sharp image! well done.

[firstlight]

Sure was dark! Well executed image.

[Matt Wastell]

Fantastic!

[Analog6]

Beautiful! I am very jealous as you have stars in yours . . .

[iceman]

Excellent image, just beautiful.

[MrB]

Mate, Awesome shot!
I didn't even get out of bed. Looked out the window, saw cloud and the rain on the car so went back to sleep :(

Nice new toy you've got there! gonna have to catch-up one of these days.

[alocky]

I only got a 10 second window, and had my Nikon at iso400 - I was hoping to bracket, but that's all I got for an hour. The old f15 UNitron 4" frames the moon quite nicely - but I'm seriously impressed with your image.

[EddieDog]

Andrew, part of my job is checking blood for sugar levels, it's only a little less red than your moon! ;)

Do you have any relies in the North of England?

Eddie

[midnight]

Grahame,

Beautiful. We had plenty of opportunity down south and I ventured to Bunbury where there was plenty of time but I feel the moon was too high for us in the west to get some nice wide field shots.

Your photo is so realistic and for that well done!:thumbsup:

I assume you are very pleased with the 7D? I am considering getting one as my 40D is being retired shortly.

Cheers,
Darrin...

[troypiggo]

Oooh, that's lovely. Nice and clear, love the stars in the bg.

[Grahame]

Thanks again everyone - I have reworked the image with a slightly brightened background and uncropped for those who want to see the full field of FLT-132 and a 7D.

Darrin - yep i am very very happy with it - I also took some 1080 video of the moon just before the eclipse started and all I can say is WOW!

[m@s]

Arrgghh, I nearly got a heart attack !
Grahame, please don't post such images ;)
I think I'll stop astro-photo today :D
This one is even more awesome than its first release :)
Bravissimo, Maestro :thumbsup:

[alocky]

Going way back to the 19th century, I believe we came from either Yorkshire or Fife - nobody seems to remember! Our family name has a knack of turning up all over the place.
The pic I posted is completely untouched, but to my eyes this eclipse was no redder than any I've previously seen. I rate Graham's image as far and away the best image I've seen of this eclipse, with the possible exception of the current APOD!

[Jay44]

Hi Grahame

It was all cloudy in Buninyong where I am, and so I was hoping to find a good image online - yours are the best!

May I have a copy of yours ? - I will post on my web site attributed to you of course

It's ok if you would rather not - I just wouldn't take without asking...

Jill
http://buninyonggarden.com.au

[Grahame]

PM sent RE website use to Jay44 :)

[ChrisM]

Grahame, your shot is truly excellent!

Chris

[EddieDog]

Absolutely spectacular!
Eddie

[iceman]

A lovely sharp view Grahame, the reprocessed version is very nice.

This is now IOTW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au).

[mswhin63]

Well done Grahame :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Hi Grahame.

Someone on FB was suggesting this is a composite, but from what I can tell, it's a single exposure - is that right?

[jjjnettie]

Congratulations on IOTW, well deserved, it's a cracker of a shot!

[Grahame]

Hi Mike, thanks for IOTW, this shot is defanetly not a composit, it is a 100% long exposure. I did up to 60 seconds too but they are not as nice as this :)

[erick]

:D :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Mariner]

Beautiful shot. Well deserving of IOTW.

[troypiggo]

That repro is awesome - the bg stars really add something. Well done and congrats on the IOTW. Certainly deserving.

[Quark]

Nice work Grahame and congrats on IOTW.

Well done
Regards
Trevor

[MrB]

Congrats Grahame!

[smitty]

That's my new computer wallpaper :)

A great piece of work!

Sean

[Jen]

:eyepop::eyepop: wow this is an awsome pic ;) well done on IOTW :thumbsup::thumbsup: well deserved :)

[Markell]

Very very nice indeed mate, well done. I thought we had it good here in Melbourne!