Bundled up against below freezing temperatures, a photographer watches, waits and shoots the lunar eclipse. At 05:30 my daughter and I arrived in the Mount Baker neighborhood of Seattle to a little known but beautiful overlook to the west and northwest of downtown Seattle. We came to this location to avoid the crowds at more popular locations and to hopefully shoot some awesome photos of the lunar eclipse that was to become full at 06:06. Alas, the last shot I got off was at 05:49, seventeen minutes before the eclipse was to become all that it could be… and the clouds rolled in.
I had hardly gotten my tripod set up, camera mounted, shutter speed, aperture and focus adjusted before the clouds started filtering the view. Once or twice a hole in the cloud cover gave a peek or two, here is the best of about twelve shots that I managed to get before we were all done. So what’s a photographer to do? Go shoot something else, of course! So we began weaving our way to Pike Place Market with a stop first in Pioneer Square. About twenty minutes later while we were in Pioneer Square, my daughter talked to a fellow who had been over on Alki Beach in West Seattle and he said there wasn’t a parking place to be had and photographers and astronomers were just about elbow to elbow vying for space to set up tripods and telescopes for the coming much anticipated lunar show. Then once again Seattle weather brought obscurity and an underwhelming experience. Here’s hoping if you were up watching, waiting and shooting the eclipse you weren’t defeated at the last moment by the weather and got some great shots!
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At nabbit, almost! Next time. Margie
Let’s hope so… sometime in 2014 I understand…
Oops, darn iPad, should be dag nabbit! Can you believe it doesn’t recognize it, LOL? Margie
My android phone does that too… hate that! ;-)
Gotta love the Seattle clouds! Oh well, the shot you did get is amazing. Thanks for sharing. Jayne
We tried… my philosophy is nothing ventured, nothing gained…
Well your moon shot maybe didn’t work out, but I really like the shot you did get, it tells a much better story!
Thanks, Paul!
That would have been a sight to see. The photographers lined up. That would have been nearly as interesting as the eclipse : )
I didn’t even try Alki Beach, I knew it would be one of the first spots people would flock to… but you’re right it would have been worth a few shots…
I envy those early risers.
Sometimes… sleep is a good option too! ;-)
Interesting little story, you can only do what you can do. I checked here a few rimes but was totally overcast each time.
So sorry you missed it too!
fantastic sky line in this photo. great shot
Thanks… :-)
Now that’s interesting Madge, because I was ‘unsuccessfully’ trying to take eclipse shots in my back garden at about 10.30 pm last night, but we saw it so clearly and thankfully didn’t have to drive anywhere.
Oh, I wish I could have seen it!
I admire your commitment, Madge! Both shots are worthy of having gotten up to brave the cold. Bravo!
Thanks Kay…
The fog rolled in a few hours after moonrise. I checked to see if i could see any stars at around 5 am, but the fog was even heaver than earlier so I went back to bed. Sometime last night the fog lifted. Today was sunny and very cold. I was also disappointed that I didn’t get any photos, other than the full moon shortly after sunrise.
My question is – how did those people get up there????