{"id":2913,"date":"2004-10-27T16:06:43","date_gmt":"2004-10-28T06:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/27\/lunar-eclipse-seattle-wa\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T11:50:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:50:52","slug":"lunar-eclipse-seattle-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/27\/lunar-eclipse-seattle-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunar eclipse, Seattle, WA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9942,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/sets\\\/28278&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050117205211\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com:80\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/sets\\\/28278\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 23:14:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 23:14:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9943,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kitscamera.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20120527220215\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.kitscamera.com:80\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 23:14:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 23:14:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9944,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ritzcamera.com\\\/webapp\\\/wcs\\\/stores\\\/servlet\\\/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&amp;catalogId=10001&amp;langId=-1&amp;productId=13069600&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050505080009\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.ritzcamera.com:80\\\/webapp\\\/wcs\\\/stores\\\/servlet\\\/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 23:14:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 23:14:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/sets\/28278\/\" title=\"Lunar Eclipse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1\/1101695_e3a9926cef_n.jpg\" alt=\"Lunar eclipse, Seattle, WA\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After finding out about tonight&#8217;s eclipse earlier today, I started wondering if I could get any halfway decent shots of it. Since the camera I&#8217;m using allows longer exposures (up to eight seconds), I figured it&#8217;d be worth a shot.<\/p>\n<p>First priority, though, was a tripod, as there was no <em>way<\/em> I was going to be able to hold my hands perfectly steady through an eight second exposure. I swung through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitscamera.com\/\" title=\"Kit's Camera\">Kit&#8217;s Camera<\/a> after work, picked up a cheap-but-functional tripod (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ritzcamera.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&amp;catalogId=10001&amp;langId=-1&amp;productId=13069600\" title=\"This one says Sunpak, but it's the same thing\">Quantaray QXS 2001<\/a>, for \\$19.99), and declared myself ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>Once the eclipse started and the moon rose enough that I could see it over the buildings, I climbed up the fire escape to the roof of my building and started experimenting. It took some fiddling around before I got something useable &#8212; it&#8217;s been far too many years since I took a photography class, and I really haven&#8217;t got a clue about f-stops, apertures, or any of the rest of that professional mumbo-jumbo &#8212; but eventually, I managed to get a few that were decent. Not <em>great<\/em> &#8212; but decent (hey, a 3X zoom lens can only get you so close&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>Still, I&#8217;m rather happy with them &#8212; and I&#8217;ve got until 2007 to practice for the next lunar eclipse, anyway. ;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBronski Beat%2526albumTerm=Singles Collection 1984-1990, The%2526songTerm=Ain't Necessarily So%26partnerId%3D30\">Ain&#8217;t Necessarily So<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBronski Beat%26partnerId%3D30\">Bronski Beat<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBronski Beat%2526albumTerm=Singles Collection 1984-1990, The%26partnerId%3D30\">Singles Collection 1984-1990, The<\/a><\/em> (1990, 4:08).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After finding out about tonight&#8217;s eclipse earlier today, I started wondering if I could get any halfway decent shots of it. Since the camera I&#8217;m using allows longer exposures (up to eight seconds), I figured it&#8217;d be worth a shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043,2050],"tags":[13,27],"class_list":["post-2913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-photography","tag-life","tag-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}