Three Things

I've seen a couple other websites where they post a photo with three objects in the frame. This counts as one of those photos right?

Total Lunar Eclipse Of The Heart

[Title Note: Someone at my work was adding words to the old 80's hit by Bonnie Tyler, "Total Eclipse Of the Heart", if you could have only heard them sing it]

Here is my photo attempt of the lunar eclipse that has come and gone. I read for best results on taking lunar eclipse photos it's best to have a clear sky [duh], away from lights [I was not], have a 3X lens for your camera [I did not have]. Well, I stood about five feet outside my front door, shot across a street light and used only the zoom on my camera. My results are okay, but not fantastic.

Did I mention the temperature was -3 F at the time of photo taking, I was wearing my sweatshirt, jeans and my slippers! The one thing in my favor was the lack of wind, there wasn't any, thus I got my shots taken in under five minutes of being in the cool temperatures. Honestly, with the lack of wind, it wasn't that bad for the few minutes I was outside. Throw in some wind, I would have taken one shot and called it a night, it took about a dozen in all.

The bottom left corner dot is the planet Saturn. The top, almost directly above the moon is Regulus, the brightest star in the Leo constellation. It is also about 77.5 light years from our solar system.

 
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See You On The Dark Side Of The Moon

The other night I was driving to the grocery store to pick up something that was needed at the time. During my journey, I spotted the moon just as it was setting into the horizon. Time was against me as it was nearly out of sight as you can see. I had to find a visible open space, which was proving to be quite difficult that evening. I did have my camera with me, but no tripod at the time. I used the top of my vehicle to capture this shot of our moon. It wasn't the most ideal location, I had never taken a photo like this before, but I'm fairly happy with the outcome. The white stream of light in the fence is a passing car on highway 61.

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