Total Lunar Eclipse

The total lunar eclipse of 2007 as viewed over Sydney's Bondi Beach. The red coloured moon that you see at the end of the time lapse series is when the moon has entered the totality of Earth's shadow. Unfortunately I wasn't able to stick around to capture the other end of this series, when the moon exits from Earth's shadow.

I timed the exposures at 5 minutes apart.

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Light-n-Simple says:

Amazing long exposure! Thanks
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

kentsmudger says:

Very cool composite - Love it

(We had our eclipse in the UK in March)

Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

scott photos says:

awesome, awesome, awesome!!!

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

lmh5107 says:

Good control of the time gaps between every shot!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Akeldema says:

I love it.

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

ckm2005 (catching up!!) says:

brilliant capture!!......very very nice!!......great job bro!!.....
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Ragstatic says:

Chris, lovely timing and choice of aperture. You lucky fella to see this. It was still early here in singapore :-(.

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

DanielKHC says:

Excellent time lapse photography!

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

nurirfansyah says:

man, this is awesome...! i love the start... like a burst
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

. Andrew Dunn . says:

Very nicely done - bravo. I particularly like the frame next to the clouds at the start of the sequence.

Unfortunately, I couldn't see this eclipse from Europe, but I did all right with the one in March this year.

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gee hue [deleted] says:

A great capture ....
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

tysonroche says:

Really great shot Chris- congrats!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Nicolas Moulin (Nimou) says:

Un document

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Sutanto says:

Excellent work. Really great idea to do it like this.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Aubrey Stoll says:

Nice shot. The light trails are superb.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Daniel-Mok says:

Great exposure and the moon is almost like firing out of the cloud. Love it !
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Phillip Chitwood says:

Very cool! So much more interesting than just another closeup of the moon!

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the left-handed robot says:

this is freakin awesome.... I have to agree with phillip, although I am one of those that just took a bunch of closeups of the moon.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

sachman75 says:

Great sequence of shots Chris..shooting moon!

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Rain.Forest says:

what a wonderfully awesome work Christopher!!! glad that you got the passion and patient to do this!!! it IS the best i have seen so far for the eclipse.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

babymtham says:

jaw-droppingly good ! I am left speechless once again !
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

the left-handed robot says:

I'm sorry, I can't get over how amazing this photo is. How did you combine the time lapsed photos into one?
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Christopher Chan says:

Thanks everyone !!

:D I used Photoshop to merge all the exposures together. Basically I created a layer in Photoshop for each shot and using a "layer mask" on each layer, I was able to merge the moons into one frame. It's quite a simple process.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Hot Flash Photography says:

Awesome, Chris, and thanks for sticking around for the rest of us to enjoy it. I have no idea what time you had to stay up to, but I was fast asleep at 3 am when the show was at its best.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

G a r r y says:

Gosh, you have a lot of patience with your Tripod and camera.
Great effect!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Batram says:

Great!
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Nino H says:

Great treatment !
Wonderful shot Christopher !
BRAVO !
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

psilver (silverph) says:

Very cool! Love the composition! Just what I had in mind!

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Sandmania says:

Oh wow...this is awesome. You are very patient my friend..great shot.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Jason's Travel Photography says:

Very interesting to see the progression in 5 minute intervals - very cool!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Christian808 says:

Fantastic photo chris...great idea ...well captured and nice treatment...your da man!!!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

chiangidy says:

"Speechless" - Shockingly good!

You so sososososososososso talented!

Idy

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mtbjohn says:

Excellent!

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Joop V says:

Amazing shot(s)

Well done.

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Rain.Forest says:

let's join us...
I consider this image to be one of Australia's best.

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

CrazyNotion (Lost in Malaysia) says:

Excellent photography Chris.
This is one of the best piece of work on Australia!!!

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andie.smith says:

this is just way too cool
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h a n g i n g p i x e l s [deleted] says:

Dude..what can i say...this is AWESOME.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

James Neeley says:

Very cool shot. Awesome work!
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All-Things-New-Studios says:

WOW! What a composition!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Ozventure says:

Great idea, though I might have been tempted to a little longer on the old focal length.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Give A Dam says:

Amazing! That is a very nice time-lapse documentation! Well done.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

m dee- on & off... says:

this by far is one of the most unique shot of the eclipse ive seen. love it! great job master chan!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

markdanielowen says:

Well done Chris! Brilliant shot. Don't know how I missed this one.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

darkwingduck1 says:

You dont create pictures- you create magic
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Fried Toast says:

Excellent! Well done.

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

azraelmask says:

Awesome! What a beautiful night and eclipse...

Bye
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

sbelle327 says:

GORGEOUS!!! You have captured a moment in my heart.....
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Aureate Prose says:

I can say for sure that this is 'the' best time lapse photograph that I've ever seen! Great work!
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