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Last night there was what's called a blood moon. This explains it better than me http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/27/blood-moon-apocalypse-nasa-lunar-eclipse-supermoon
I dragged myself out of bed at 3.30 and got set up. It was totally still and as the Mairie, village council, has decided to save cash by turning the street lights of at about 1.30 it was fantastic!! The 1st I got was this. Just taken with the camera on 'P', a sort of auto setting, but it's too bright
Then I went to the manual setting and played around with the shutter speed
A while back the Mairie decided to chop the street lighting at about 1.30 and it makes such a difference. So much so that the sky was bright enough for me to get a shot I didn't think possible! Orion. That was a full 10 second exposure and I was glad there was no wind at all!
One of the most difficult things was getting the focus spot on, but the colour was wonderful
Then the light started to appear on the left
And as it had taken a couple of hours and it was almost 5.30 I said sod it and went back to bed
Was it worth the sleep loss? You bet yer boots it was
Anyone else watch the spectacle??
I dragged myself out of bed at 3.30 and got set up. It was totally still and as the Mairie, village council, has decided to save cash by turning the street lights of at about 1.30 it was fantastic!! The 1st I got was this. Just taken with the camera on 'P', a sort of auto setting, but it's too bright
Then I went to the manual setting and played around with the shutter speed
A while back the Mairie decided to chop the street lighting at about 1.30 and it makes such a difference. So much so that the sky was bright enough for me to get a shot I didn't think possible! Orion. That was a full 10 second exposure and I was glad there was no wind at all!
One of the most difficult things was getting the focus spot on, but the colour was wonderful
Then the light started to appear on the left
And as it had taken a couple of hours and it was almost 5.30 I said sod it and went back to bed
Was it worth the sleep loss? You bet yer boots it was
Anyone else watch the spectacle??