Observation: differing social media reach of my lunar eclipse photos

– One conversation each and a handful of likes on Flickr, Tumblr and my blog.
– A double handful of boosts on Mastodon (Photog.Social).
– Roughly the same number of likes/favorites on Instagram, Mastodon & PixelFed, with Pixelfed slightly ahead.
– 10x as many views on Flickr as on my blog. (I don’t have stats on other sites)
– No reaction at all on Twitter.

On Wandering.shop (deleted)

It wasn’t quite this red to the eye, it was more of a deep brown…

eighteenbelow:

kelsonv:

The evening was hectic, and I almost forgot about the #LunarEclipse. I had literally just put my son to bed when I remembered, “The #eclipse!” We went out to see if the sky was clear.

Clouds were rushing across the sky, but for the most part, it was clear, and we had a perfect view of the #moon looking like a dark brown chunk of rock in the sky.

(Then I spent 10 minutes fighting with camera settings while he went back to bed.) #BloodMoon

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4puJzB3Vo/

Oh wow, this is an amazing photo!  And the moon wasn’t nearly so red here, so it’s cool you got to see that.

Thank you! It wasn’t quite this red to the eye, it was more of a deep brown, maybe slightly brick red. Probably a matter of retina sensitivity vs. camera sensors.

I went back out about an hour later to look at it as it left totality, too, and caught these photos: https://hyperborea.org/journal/2019/01/lunar-eclipse-jan2019/

On Tumblr

I went back out about an hour later to check out the view as the moon left the earth’s shadow

I went back out about an hour later to check out the view as the moon left the earth’s shadow, and caught these two photos, taken about the same time with different exposures so that you can see either the lit portion of the moon, or the part that’s still in the earth’s shadow.

#LunarEclipse #BloodMoon #Photography #moon #eclipse

On Photog.Social
On Instagram (square crops)

The evening was hectic, and I almost forgot about the lunar eclipse.

The evening was hectic, and I almost forgot about the #LunarEclipse. I had literally just put my son to bed when I remembered, “The #eclipse!” We went out to see if the sky was clear.

Clouds were rushing across the sky, but for the most part, it was clear, and we had a perfect view of the #moon looking like a dark brown chunk of rock in the sky.

(Then I spent 10 minutes fighting with camera settings while he went back to bed.)

#Photography #BloodMoon

On Photog.Social
On PixelFed.Social
On Instagram (square crop)
On Tumblr (square crop)

The evening was hectic and I almost forgot the #LunarEclipse. I remembered in the middle of totality, and ran out to check. Clouds were racing across the sky, but we still had a clear view of the deep red moon.

Lunar Eclipse, January 2019

#moon #eclipse #bloodmoon

Lunar eclipse next week. Most of North America & Asia, and all of the Pacific …

Lunar eclipse next week. Most of North America & Asia, and all of the Pacific will be able to see it, though you might need to get up in the middle of the night. Maps & time conversion at the link.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2018-january-31

It also happens to be a supermoon (when the full moon coincides with the moon being at the closest point in its orbit, making it look bigger) and a blue moon (second full moon in a calendar month).

On Mastodon.social
On Facebook

Shooting the moon. It’s been going through cloud banks…

Shooting the moon. It’s been going through cloud banks, fading in and out of view, usually only the brighter, uneclipsed part visible. We’re at an intersection at the top of a hill facing east, along with a lot of other people. Someone just pulled up to the stop sign and asked, “What time is the eclipse?” Response: “Now!”

On Facebook
On K2R

Lunar eclipse coming up next week! Unfortunately it starts at 2:15 AM…

Lunar eclipse coming up next week! Unfortunately it starts at 2:15 AM Pacific Time, with totality from about 3:30-4:30. I don’t think I’m waking J up for this one. I’m not sure I’m waking *me* up for this one, either. Maybe I’ll set an alarm for 3:45, go outside for a few minutes, and go back to bed. And hope it’s not cloudy.

On Facebook

Eclipse Mosaic

Lunar #eclipse mosaic, starting around 11:00 and finishing around midnight Pacific time, just as totality set in. #moon #stargazing #notaphone

Lunar #eclipse mosaic, starting around 11:00 and finishing around midnight Pacific time, just as totality set in. #moon #stargazing #notaphone

–Instagram

Four views of the moon over the course of tonight’s lunar eclipse, starting around 11pm and running until about midnight. I actually got some shots at the second stage without the phone line in the way, but I liked the way this looked.

–Facebook

Expanded on K2R

Discovered I missed a lunar eclipse this morning/last night, but it’s just as well…

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/los-angeles

Discovered I missed a lunar eclipse this morning/last night, but it's just as well I didn't wake up early. (And besides, I caught a great one just last fall) On the plus side, I found a nice list of upcoming solar eclipses searchable by viewing location. August 2017 will be a good partial eclipse from Southern California, and a total eclipse along a wide track across North America. And J will be old enough to appreciate it. Road trip!

On Facebook

Eclipse Ring. I’m planning to catch today’s partial solar eclipse…

Eclipse Ring on Flickr.

I’m planning to catch today’s partial solar eclipse, with much better planning and a better camera than this lunar eclipse from 1994. Because I’m pretty sure it was taken with a point-and-shoot fixed-focus 35mm camera (though I *had* an SLR by that time that my grandfather had given me, so I’m not sure why I wouldn’t have used it).

But even if it’s a really messed-up picture of an eclipse, it’s still an interesting-*looking* picture, IMO.

Previously on K2R

Watched the moon go into total eclipse from home, then hightailed it down to the…

Watched the moon go into total eclipse from home, then hightailed it down to the beach to catch the last visible part before moonset without obstructions. No luck. Got here just as the rest of the eclipse hunters were packing up, because the combination of dust, haze, and lightening sky made the moon virtually invisible.

On Facebook