In Earth's Shroud

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 21, 2010444 views23 comments

I was surprised to see that no one had posted a photo of last night's eclipse. So I started to process what I had. I did not get to see or photograph the moon in totality as I was working in between gaps in the clouds. This was the last image I captured and never did get enough of the progression to show a nice composite. I did however manage to get some exposures that showed some of the actual stars in the sky that surrounded the moon. This is a composite one for the moon and one for the star field.

Nikon D2x, 400mm f5.6, Moon at f5.6 0.7 sec ISO 200, Stars at f5.6 1.6 sec ISO 400.

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Luis Argerich on December 21, 2010 at 4:21 PM

Vwey nice Youssef! I like how the star field works!

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on December 21, 2010 at 4:38 PM

I had to check a map to see where Campbell, CA was, because every time I looked up at the sky last night I just got rain drops in the face. This came out really nice and I like how you blended the stars into the shot.

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Comment posted by Daniel Ewert on December 21, 2010 at 4:47 PM

Beautiful! I was also lucky enough to see this scene last night. Great presentation here.

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Comment posted by Keith Tate on December 21, 2010 at 4:56 PM

Very nice composite showing the star field Youssef, well done

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on December 21, 2010 at 5:03 PM

Rudy,

I did not think I would see it at all. It was cloudy all day long here and with some rain. At 10:00 in the evening I looked out to see stars in among the clouds. By the time the eclipse had started the moon was in the clouds. Then just before totality the clouds parted and the moon played hide and seek with me for about 40 minutes before a huge cloud moved in and put the rest of the show to rest.

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Comment posted by Lori Kincaid on December 21, 2010 at 5:51 PM

Great idea, Youssef! I've never thought about trying to show the stars around the full moon.We had nothing but clouds at my house.

Lori

Registered on November 15, 2003, 90 Posts, 2033 Comments

Comment posted by Jason Kim on December 21, 2010 at 5:53 PM

Very nice, Youssef. Had to cancel my plans due to the weather here in San Diego. What a bummer. This is especially nice with the stars.

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Comment posted by Jim Erhardt on December 21, 2010 at 6:45 PM

Nicely done!

Nothing but cloud cover here in NH.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 21, 2010 at 7:11 PM

Pretty! The techs look great and the stars are a nice touch!

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Comment posted by Adam Gibbs on December 21, 2010 at 7:31 PM

Pouring with rain here so I'll have to settle on what others took. Nicely done Youssef.

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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on December 21, 2010 at 7:36 PM

Nicely done, Youssef, we had cloud cover last night. I got up a 5 am to get the newspaper and it was clear as a bell with the moon shinning brightly, oh well, maybe next time

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on December 21, 2010 at 7:40 PM

Beautiful, Youssef!

The last time I saw a lunar eclipse with such a red color was from the summit of Sentinel Dome in Yosemite many beers ago.

We had a thick cloud cover here is the Sierra, so I did not get to see this one. Thanks for sharing the spectacle!

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 21, 2010 at 8:45 PM

Nothing but CLOUDS up North here!
Great shot and nice processing!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Jonathan Lent on December 21, 2010 at 9:01 PM

Beautiful. Nicely done. Unfortunatley it was cloudy all night on my end and was unable to see it.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 21, 2010 at 10:16 PM

The stars really make it special. I like the bit of white on the moon too.

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on December 21, 2010 at 10:23 PM

Beautiful touch with the stars! So, so much jealousy...I was visiting family in So. Cal. and had complete cloud cover! Thanks for sharing!

Registered on October 10, 2010, 65 Posts, 904 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Ewert on December 21, 2010 at 11:15 PM

I love how you got those stars in! Nice work!

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on December 21, 2010 at 11:57 PM

Very nice and unique shot Youssef, I don't believe I've ever seen an eclipse shot with the stars too. Looks like you had some pretty decent conditions for viewing the eclipse, lots of high thin clouds in my neck of the woods. I did see the stars come out once the moon was in the totality phase though. Again, nice work!

Registered on January 28, 2010, 343 Posts, 2257 Comments

Comment posted by Miles Morgan on December 22, 2010 at 10:27 AM

The stars are KEY!! Freaking awesome job getting this. I was flying right over your head during the event. Didn't get to shoot it, but got a nice clear view at 34,000 ft.

Registered on November 23, 2009, 6 Posts, 185 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 22, 2010 at 2:38 PM

Youssef,

Simple and beautifully executed. Not much to critique here. Glad you were able to catch a glimpse.

Lon

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Comment posted by Justin Reznick on December 22, 2010 at 3:54 PM

Love the added stars, so glad you got to shoot this!

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Comment posted by Zaynab on December 23, 2010 at 8:26 PM

beautiful!!! I really like how you captured the stars in the photo.........But I can't complain we live in the same house