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Πολυ ομορφη φωτογραφια, Μπραβο Χρηστο!!

Το χρωμα τηε Σεληνης ειναι ....

Χιλια Μπραβο

Thanks παιδιά!

Βασίλη, με αυτό το χρώμα πρώτη φορά την πιάνω. Είναι το χρώμα που έχει όταν είναι πολύ χαμηλά (έως 2 περίπου μοίρες.) 2-3 λεπτά αργότερα έγινε κίτρινη και μετά άσπρη...

Hi Ammonite,

That's a real nice image that you were able to capture. You were 2.5 miles away as you stated. I guess that you had to do a little bit of preparatory work in order to establish the correct location from which you were able to capture the image. Are there any more images from the event?

-Fred

Hi Fred.

There is indeed a significant preparation behind these shots involving sky chart software (I use Cartes du Ciel), Google Earth, a GPS system, previous repeated visits and test shots on site, and finally a bit of luck.

A very good resource for the preparation required for such shots is from John Doukoumopoulos from Astroforum here:

http://www.astroforum.gr/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3353&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

As I manage to be on the right shooting spot the very last second, I didn’t have the time to prepare. As a result most of the pictures are out of focus and/or underexposed. This one is a selection and the result of intense photoshop process.