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...But, Oh what a grand night it was...well lets back up to the beginning of Monday...0600 hours, 73 degrees, slight wind from the south, clear skies...0700, 50 degrees and dropping, winds from the north at 40-60 mph, rain and hail.....by 4pm its clear sky, warming up, winds die down to 10mph and I think that it has the making for some Moon photo ops....
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Did some research and found out that for this area the total eclipse starts at 0208 hours and lasts until 0323..I get to my spot at about 0130 to see the Partial Eclipse starting.... first problem is that it is so high in the sky its almost a vertical shoot...its difficult to set up my tripod to aim my camera at that angle...finally got everything set up and as "Lady Luck" would have it my autofocus is not working....so I engage my brand new cataract free eyes to manually focus the lens....but wait, do I use reading glasses to focus or just plain eye sight...its dark, can't see what I'm doing and the bottom line about 99 percent of the photo's I took are out of focus.....oh well...such is a Photographers Life....especially at 0300 hours.. :)
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It still was a "rush: to stand out there in 40 degree temps drinking many cups of hot coffee and watch the Moon continually change its color...if I concentrated hard enough I could almost be at "East Glacier"... :)
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Soooooo, I'll leave you with a couple Moon Shots and some Bluebonnet photo's...until next time..Happy Trails to You...Horst sends
You had me smiling. I could picture myself in the same predicament. With your weather arriving here late yesterday, I didn't have an opportunity to view the eclipse, or take fuzzy photo's of same. Yours look good to me, as well as the bluebonnets.
ReplyDeleteThe day and evening where a bit iffy, and I didn't think the temps would drop that fast...but it was still an experience....looking forward to you next trip...Take care...Horst sends
DeleteFantastic shots of the moon!!! As Jerry said....it became way to cloudy and wet here for any viewing so thanks for your shots!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the other pics as well. Beautuful!!!! So glad you had fun.....that's what matters!!
Thanks for the positive comments about the photo's....it was a little cool and long...but in the end it was fun....take care and thanks for stopping by...Horst sends
DeleteThanks for getting up, staying up and then sharing for those of us who do not have that let's get up and stare at the moon gene.
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What can I say......I got the "short straw"....I did stare but I didn't howl...haha....hope all is well with you and David....Horst sends
DeleteI was hoping the eclipse would coax you and your camera out.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots! Especially since it was storming here and there was no chance of our seeing it in person.
I'm a sucker when it comes to Harvest and Blood Moons.... :) am enjoying your Spring Flowers and Garden....take care..Horst sends
Deletearen't we clever..".horse Horst"....it was a loooooong night....but glad I did it...once... :).....Enjoying your trip north...take care...Horst sends
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