Lunar eclipse from Townsville.

[Liz]

Like many of us across Australia, I was up in the freezing cold (9 dg - this is the tropics though) and down to a beautiful possy by a mangrove creek.
A stunning eclipse, with the phase from partial to totality going so quickly. I had set up a couple of cameras, but ended up just using the Canon.
Loved the way the Milky Way popped out with dark lanes surrounded the eclipsed Moon. Didnt spot/look for M31 like jjj and friends. ;)
Only company I had was a lonesome dingo, which I kept looking around for ... woman mauled by dingo ... yikes.
Got home, then the local North Qld radio station rang for a chat. I had the tranny going down at my spot, and Michael (DJ) was playimng all Moon songs. :D
A wonderful morning, wich there were more of them!!!
All pics widefield, not clever enough for close ups.
Totality images were ISO 1600, f 3.5.15mm mainly, and pushed the time to as long as I could, up to 40 sec. Also ... 1 Venus pic thrown in for good measure.:D

[von Tom]

Love the Milky Way image Liz. I Also like the ghost you captured :)

[Liz]

Thank you Tom ... yes, thought I would sneak into an image. :D

[firstlight]

Great shots Liz, Lourvley sunrise

[StephenM]

That Milky Way image is excellent Liz!

Cheers,
Stephen

[suma126]

wow Liz love the first one you have the milky way and eclipse and a shooting star in one shot thats awesome :thumbsup:

[renormalised]

Great shots, Liz. Like the one of "ghost" you:):P

[Shiraz]

These are excellent images. Regards Ray

[Liz]

Thanks guys, such fun being out there, clicking away on the camera.
Yes, the 1st is my fav, and couldnt believe it when I saw the meteor, and happy that it made it into the image. :D

[Quark]

Nice work Liz, excellent meteor, like the ghost and what a very nice shot of the approaching dawn over the water.

Regards
Trevor

[lepton3]

Hi Liz,

Lovely picture of the Milky Way and the meteor! I also saw one from here in Adelaide, travelling in a similar direction. Maybe sporadics, but maybe also a weak shower?

-Ivan

[m@s]

Very nice scenic images :)
Well done !

m@s

[Derek Klepp]

Great pics Liz especially that Milky way shot

[Liz]

Thanks Trev, Ivan, Marc and Derek. :)

A couple more - the spot where I pitched my gear, and a 3 stacked image thru DSS - not very good at that stuff tough, but come out better than I thought, though still dodgy.

[renormalised]

Was that Saunders Ck, Liz??. I'd have taken a line and tossed it in as well. Good bream and flathead there. Might also catch a barra or two!!!. Would've made a nice breaky:):)

[Liz]

Ha, exactly Carl, I could hear fish jumping everywhere, which disguised the sound of the digo lurking in the background. :help:

[astronobob]

Wow wow Liz, New you had great weather your way, Love all your work, Nice colour reflection on the water too, I was hoping for one of those but not drk enough in town, Merit for you Bravery too , , : ) OnYa !

[Liz]

Thank you Bob. :)

Ok,thats the end of my hall of fame with my pic on WIN weather TV tonight. :D Goodnight folks.

[astronobob]

Congratts Liz, A well deserved moment for you, :thumbsup:

[michaellxv]

Fabulous shots Liz, looks like you had one of the best spots.

[jjjnettie]

:D Liz, you've done so well you must be over joyed!
Your Milky Way shot with the meteor is a hands down winner!

[Liz]

Ta jjj,yes, very happy with that one.
Took 3 images of that scene, but never have any luck with DSS, thought it may have improved it a bit. Hmm .. perhaps I will try again. Alas always forget darks,lights,flats etc.

[midnight]

Lovelly Liz! Like the "ghost" and the widefield with the Milky Way. And I see old mate is still doing the weather there in QLD. When I lived in Biloela he was there everynight doing the weather and that was many years ago!

Cheers,
Darrin...

[multiweb]

Very cool! Milkyway shot would be my pick too. :thumbsup: