Red Moon over Canberra

dSLR would be a very big advantage over that FZ30. Annoying thing though is the kit lenses are useless. So you can pick up a cheap dSLR these days, but the price triples for a decent wide and a decent tele lens.

agh, I’ve just processed mine. the sliver of light ones were nice in full shot mode, with that splash of light blasting off the moon, and a bright star to the right, but cropped it was a mess o noise. How i hate that camera! Great lense, horrible sensor.

“I suspect the best ones will be where there was a sliver of light over the top of the moon.”
I thought so to at the time. But on reviewing the images, they came out vary glare ridden, over exposed and distorted. Hopefully yours came out better because no matter what I tried, it didn’t work at that stage of the eclipse.

Very, very nice. I am now regretting not grabbing a 350 or 400D last US trip. I got The Worst Camera Ever Made last year (a Lumix FZ30) and got some tripod shots last night, but I know they’ll be as noisy as hell. I suspect the best ones will be where there was a sliver of light over the top of the moon.

The dog down in the shed next door HOWLED as the moon got covered, I don’t know how he knew it was a Bad Thing and not just some cloud going over. He started up quite early, when there was just a smidge of moon darkened.

after the moon came back out, all the local magpies started up with their morning warbling.

Pretty good show, all round. I noticed a lot of aeroplanes blinking around up there… must have been some joy flights to watch it.

As I said, I was out there with a Canon EF100-400mm lens. By no means true astronomy photographic gear. Not bad results though.
Imagine my shock when I read a quote from the head of the local astronomy club (a club which one would think should have at least ONE telescope) telling of his joy at staring up at the moon using “binoculars” in Commonwealth Park. Even if they’re amateurs, that’s pretty poor for an ASTRONOMY club.

its like how the footy is better on TV , you can actually see the details

I went outside a few times last night to have a look (with my dodgy eyes), it was cool to see but the photos look way way better.

looking at something with your own eyes is sooo last century.

Spot on bighead. Why anyone would want to go outside and look at the spectacle with their own eyes when they could be holed up inside watching pixelated images on a flat screen power-hungry device is beyong comprehension.

Next we’ll have people on here saying a walk up Mt Ainslie in the fresh air is not as good for you as a session in the gym. The hide!

I was annoyed when I got back inside afterwards to find out there was a live stream on the discovery website. That would have been much more enjoyable to watch.