|
"Soon after sunset on Saturday evening, March 3, skywatchers in eastern North America can watch the rising full Moon undergoing its first total eclipse in nearly 2-½ years. " - Space.com http://www.space.com/070209_ns_lunar_eclipse.html
Tips on how to photograph the Lunar Eclipse:
http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html
http://www.eclipse-chasers.com/lunar/leclphot.htm
http://starryskies.com/The_sky/events/lunar-2003/eclipse3.html
This year we get two chances in North America at the lunar eclipse...the second one is August 28th. One of my favorite moon shots is when you can catch the moonrise just before the sunset...with the moon about 1/2 to 1 hour in the eastern sky as the sun sets in the west.
This month the bonus is the lunar eclipse, but each month you can get this same shot with the moon usually between 95% to 100 % full.
You can get the current phase of the moon with this link:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/idltemp/current_moon.html
Or check the table for this year with this link:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html#y2007
(note the times are universal time, so you have to convert to your time zone using this chart: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/us_tzones.html )
To get the Moon and Sun data for a specific date:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html
What does this have to do with wildflowers? Well one of my "hope to shoot" is still a good wildflower landscape with the moonrise. Last year this is the best I could get:
Full size: http://www.pbase.com/richo/image/58529960
Naturally, you will have to wait until the next moonrise in April or May to get a field of wildflowers in the foreground.
RichO
Hunting Texas Wildflowers
|