Lunar Eclipse
Wednesday 15th June 2011, a total lunar eclipse was visible over Europe and south America after sunset, over Africa and most of Asia and Australia before sunrise. The longest we could witness in 11 years. This phenomenon occurs when the sun, Earth and moon are aligned. The moon is then in the shadow of Earth which, instead of disappearing in the blackness of space, takes a blood red colour due to Earth's atmospheric refraction.
I unfortunately could not see the entire eclipse. Actually I thought I would not see it at all until the moon suddenly appeared in the sky horizon. The eclipse was not finished yet so I jumped on my Canon 550d, used the longest lens I could find and shot the last few minutes of this magical moment.
For the techies, I used the Canon 550D video crop mode to enhance by 7 times the focal length going from 300mm to 2100mm. The only downside is that it only works in 640x480. Edited in and CC in Premiere Pro CS5.5. Soundtrack from Heron Blue - Sun Kil Moon
Videographer, Visual FX artist and web designer.