A very quick post of some moon shots. It was supposed to be red but it didn’t look very red to me. I tweaked the temperature slightly to help it but broadly speaking it was a bit of a disappointment. Way too much cloud I’m afraid. Just grabbed shots between cloud surges.
NB: It is cheese (Caerphilly)
Morgan the Moon
All downhill from here 
I can’t believe someone who does black and white doesn’t have a number 29 filter for the moonshot. 😉
Not for the 800mm lens, Steve.
The ‘node’ low right gives the disturbing impression that this is really an orange, bleached to disguise it.
I’ve been rumbled!!
Oh, the detail! I played a little with the last one in PP, and making the blacks deeper seemed to make the moon appear more 3d. Just my five cents’ worth. Stunning captures.
Thanks Alessandro. PP is not my forte.
We went, we saw, we “gibbered”….. but patchy cloud at Tai Po kept the moon fans on their toes.
The moon rose “eclipsed” apparently, I was afraid we’d see nothing at all.
Nice shots.
Not as good as your blood red shot though John. I hope you blerg that too.
Beautiful shots, I can see a hint of red but it looks much like the normal moon we had in Europe.
Agreed, Ben. I think only the very early eclipse images look truly red – it seems to get paler as the evening goes on. We had thick cloud until almost 8pm.
Actually, for a short while here the moon was red…not brilliant red, but the tinge was there. My digital camera hardly shows that there was a moon at all, though. Your pictures are great.
Thanks Marylin. Any red is better than no red. I think I was too late.
Well, it was very red here in the Land Down Under. It totally freaked my sissy cat! I’m glad the sky was clear to see this strange eclipse.
Thanks for the totally cool photos, Sir Andrew.
Your cat moon watches????
Anche se non è rossa come avevano detto, sono ugualmente foto bellissime!!
Thanks Pat :-))
‘GIBBERING’ ???
Always tricky doing that”many will think you believe it to be the right word, you idiot ! [grin]
These are superb shots, regardless of lack of blood. Morgan seems to have been more anæmic than he orta, eh, Andrew ? 🙂
Its not the right word. Oh my sainted aunt. What will people think?
This was a special moon? Did not know but I think these shots are kinda special. I like these a lot.
It was supposed to be red, Yvonne, a blood moon. Just not for me.
Very nice! It wasn’t very red here in the California desert either, but beautiful to see the stars brighten and the milky way come out as the shadow spread.
Thanks Jackson. We needed less cloud but it was better than many people had – nothing at all visible in Europe I understand.
Wish you were here! At 5:30 am here it was as red as red can be. I got a shot with my camerone… looks like an orange blob on black velvet! Ha!
I shot with an 800mm lens, tripod mounted. STill wasn’t red though 😦
Was it supposed to be a “blood moon”? It doesn’t look very bloody to me. But they are still great photos.
In Europe we just had a large yellow “hunter’s moon” last night. No blood.
It should have been red. More tomato juice next time.
Nice.
If these are disappointingI’m glad I left my camera in its bag. The moon hung low and huge in the sky as we walked Jolly this morning. Thought at one moment that she was preparing to howl but the moment turned into a movement. Brilliant shots. Now I’ve got to aim for the moon.
not Wensleydale, then?
I’m afraid not. Definitely Caerphilly (my birthplace 😊)
I know. I remember. This is me being a naughty tease.