Comments on: A lighter shade of umbra

By: Alan McRae

Alan McRae — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:20:28 +0000

Hi Laurent,
Thanks for explaining your photo. I can see that you did a lot of preparation to take it – upon looking at your website. Can you tell me why the upper and lower clouds across the Moon look so different. They seem to be equally thick, yet only the lower one isn’t visible…

Thanks

By: Laurent Laveder

Laurent Laveder — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:10:58 +0000

Hi Alan,
this photo hasn’t been modified, except contrast, luminosity, color balance and noise reduction. It is not a phony: the Moon seems to be in front of the clouds because it is so luminous that it masks the clouds light.
If I have done a phony, I would have made a better photo of the Moon (well exposed) and pasted it in the photo.
Have a look to my website http://pixheaven.net and you’ll see I’m not a cheater!

By: Alan McRae

Alan McRae — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:42:56 +0000

Does everybody realize that this photo has been modified? The moon cannot be in front of the clouds across the lower part of the screen. This makes the photo rather phony, I’m afraid, and not just a clever trick of photography.

By: » Pintando el eclipse | Maikelnai’s blog

» Pintando el eclipse | Maikelnai’s blog — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:33:05 +0000

[...] Bad Astronomy escribiÃ³ sobre esta foto en septiembre del 2006. [...]

By: KU Students for Science » Art and Science

KU Students for Science » Art and Science — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:24:41 +0000

[...] Recently, the blogsphere has been murmuring about the artistic side of science. The Bad Astronomer made several posts along these very lines, as well as {mollishka’s title goes here} and me in my blog. I think all of them are worth checking out if you have the time. [...]

By: Navneeth

Navneeth — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:22:22 +0000

And I always thought it was caused by the Earthâ€™s shadow! Something else I need to relearn from my school days!!!

I’m guessing that BA is preparing (has already prepared?) an article debunking the Earth’s shadow falling on the moon and the rest of that nonsense.

By: Enlightened

Enlightened — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:24:36 +0000

And I always thought it was caused by the Earth’s shadow! Something else I need to relearn from my school days!!!

By: A Ler…-- Rastos de Luz

A Ler…-- Rastos de Luz — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:48:53 +0000

[...] “A lighter shade of umbra“, uma imagem curiosa aproveitando um eclipse, e um tipo de arte que gosto particularmente, muito mais cativante do ponto de vista artÃstico do que a chamada Space Art. No Bad Astronomy. [...]

By: Navneeth

Navneeth — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:02:07 +0000

Wow! Yet another amazing pic. Thanks for sharing it. Although not completely natural, this is my pick of the lot
http://www.photoastronomique.net/photo_us.php?nom=060907_1898