Lunar Eclipse

Posted by Alireza Vafa (Tehran, Iran) on 15 January 2009 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.

Taken from Tehran, Iran. © by Alireza Vafa

Comments (11)

SOHEILA from Iran

DEAR my husband ...it s very nice ...you are very good photographer.thank you honey.

15 Jan 2009 1:49pm

@SOHEILA: Thanks dear honey!

Sugata from Newark, United States

WooooooooWWWW! This is amazing! What camera/ lens did you use?

15 Jan 2009 2:29pm

@Sugata: Thanks for your comment; I used an old Olympus OM-1 camera attached to an 8inch telescope with 2000mm focal length to capture this photo. 4 seconds exposure on Konica VX 400 film. For more information about lunar eclipse photography see following websites:
http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html
http://www.weatherscapes.com/techniques.php?cat=astronomy&page=lunar_eclipse
Good luck!