The Blood Moon

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 29, 2015331 views15 comments

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Had enough moon shots? After working on this one (because the original looked too light) I think it may be my favorite for the night of the super moon eclipse. When the clouds started moving in, I was about to pack up because the first cloud was spread over the whole moon. A few minutes later, some openings in the cloud cover drifted over. Glad I stayed! :D

Canon 7D Mark II; 100-400mm.
1/8 sec. @ f/6.3; ISO 10,000

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Igor Doncov on September 30, 2015 at 1:40 AM

Stunningly beautiful. I like the small stars dispersed here and there as well. No question about it - we live in a marvelous world.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on September 30, 2015 at 7:00 AM

Terrific combination of cloud and blood moon.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 30, 2015 at 9:55 AM

Wayne, I sure wish you'd quit "mooning" us..... sad (I tried to resist this, but clearly failed). This is another fine take, where the wispy clouds add a lot to the atmosphere. I like the exposure on the moon here, but could see a bit of dodging in the darker parts of the moon to bring up a touch more texture. The scattered stars add nicely as well.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on September 30, 2015 at 10:21 AM

Beautiful!!!! This will make a gorgeous print.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on September 30, 2015 at 10:43 AM

The cloud drifting in really sets this apart from the many moon images out there. Great detail in the moon.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on September 30, 2015 at 6:40 PM

Real nice, Wayne. This looks great, and I agree it would make a fine print.

--P

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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on October 1, 2015 at 12:07 AM

Easily the best of the bunch, nicely shot,

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 1, 2015 at 12:51 PM

What can I say Wayne - but this shot is "out of this world"

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Comment posted by Richard Wong on October 1, 2015 at 4:14 PM

Love it Wayne! The clouds add so much mystery to this.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 1, 2015 at 9:22 PM

I really like the effect the clouds make inthis image. This is one of the better moon shots. By the time the moon here got to the complete eclipse the clouds had moved in here also. I got some nice image of the moon, but not some that I wanted.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on October 2, 2015 at 2:59 PM

Wayne,

This is the best eclipse photo of the recent lunar eclipse that I have seen. Kudos to you and yest it was definitely worth the wait. We were clouded over in my area. cheeky

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 2, 2015 at 6:18 PM

Wayne: Beautiful shot and I'm glad you posted. We were completely socked in with clouds cheeky . Well done. >=))>

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 3, 2015 at 10:00 AM

That man in the moon looks shrouded in mystery here Wayne, I really like this!

Glad you decided to wait out that initial cloud cover, excellent results devil

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 6, 2015 at 9:58 AM

Great shot, Wayne. My favorite of the series. Really like what those clouds add to this one. Very cool work!!

Nick Bristol

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on October 14, 2015 at 10:29 PM

Wayne, this is one of the nicest shots I've seen from the recent blood moon, nice work. The clouds really set this apart, glad it worked out for you!

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