ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

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ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

Post by Pumpkin_Head » Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:09 pm

Hi Folks:

Yesterday was the most unique Halloween of our lives, because for the first time since 1944, we had ourselves a BLUE MOON. I shot some photos, and I thought you would like to take a look.

Mike

Here is an image I shot with the color taken out.
Here is an image I shot with the color taken out.
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Here's an image that was left as is.
Here's an image that was left as is.
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This image will makes it actually look blue, but it's a filter.  Not the actual color of the moon.
This image will makes it actually look blue, but it's a filter. Not the actual color of the moon.
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Re: ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

Post by Andybev01 » Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:47 pm

Thanks for sharing those.

I haven't had the right camera kit for astrophotography in years.
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Post by Pumpkin_Head » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:15 am

I didn't have any astrological photography gear to speak of at all. I have a really nice Cannon 5D Mark 4 camera and a zoom lens which did the trick. Unfortunately I had to shoot at the lower resolution so I could post it online.

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Post by Andybev01 » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:35 pm

They are nice shots though.
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Post by Murfreesboro » Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:43 pm

Thanks for sharing those! Around here, the moon actually had a halo around it, almost a lunar rainbow. My son, who has a new phone, got some great photos of it.

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Post by Pumpkin_Head » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:39 pm

That probably won't happen again for at least another 76 years.

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Re: ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

Post by MacPhantom » Sun Jul 17, 2022 10:27 pm

Blu-ue mooooon..... You saw me standing aloooone... Without a dream in my har-ar-ah-art... Without a love of my own.....

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Re: ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

Post by witchy » Tue Jul 19, 2022 11:04 am

I like blue moon with an orange slice! :lol:

The pictures are nice too! :wink:
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Post by Pumpkin_Head » Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:30 pm

Well I am very glad everyone liked the photos, because that was the most fabulous, the most fun, the most spooky Halloween that never happened. What the presidential election didn't userp out from under us in2020, Covid 19 did. Still, it was a 'blue moon,' that day, it was on a Saturday, so there was no school that day or the next, and last but by no means least, it was also 'fall back' Saturday, wo we all got an extra hour of Halloween to enjoy.

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Post by Murfreesboro » Sat May 06, 2023 4:12 pm

We did not lose Halloween 2020 in Murfreesboro. ToTing was more subdued, but there were a number of folks about, and about half the normal # of houses decorated in our neighborhood (including ours, of course). It was a quieter Halloween during the pandemic, but not a lost one. One of our neighbors even made one of those candy shoots for the kids' treats, and she was fully costumed herself.

I am grateful I live in a Southern state, where the pandemic rules were not so draconian or painfully enforced.

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Post by Andybev01 » Fri May 12, 2023 6:34 am

We had a good turnout, compared to the previous pandemic Halloweens.

It felt a lot more traditional with the toters having been denied the two previous years.
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Post by Murfreesboro » Fri May 12, 2023 9:51 am

Yes, last Halloween was fairly normal, but I have noticed that a couple of houses have never gone back to their big yard haunts. One of them was sold and is now being refurbished. The other, I think the folks just got tired of it and decided to cut back. They were older, and the man isn't looking so strong anymore.

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