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Forest___shadow t1_ivk57wj wrote

Man, I was up this morning watching it and I couldn’t find a good place to see it, I totally could’ve gone out there, I’m not too far away

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flying_midget t1_ivkdeqw wrote

Looks great! Curious what gear/settings you used, I ended up going with a 150-600mm but struggled to get sharp images @ 600mm with f6.3 since I needed a faster than 1.5 second exposure time for sharp images. Any ISO higher than 800 kills the detail

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yeltsinfugui t1_ivkdlzs wrote

awesome shot. I, too, prefer the original with the tower

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Bag0fSwag t1_ivkebi7 wrote

“The blood moon rises once again...”

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uruk- t1_ivkf5hw wrote

the US is such a naturally beautiful country. one day i'm going to try and spend months just cruising from state to state.

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cobernuts t1_ivkis25 wrote

Are you sure that's not a space station?

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MayonaiseBaron t1_ivkj7cs wrote

Replying to uruk- (#474,642)

And this is in a very small, urbanized state too.

Edit: Massachusetts is the 7th smallest state, 15th most populated, and ranks 3rd in population density. I'm not sure why people downvoted this. Yes it has rural areas and yes they are lovely, but it is absolutely a small and urbanized state.

I lived in Maine and NH before I lived in MA and though its my cultural obligation to dunk on it, I do love this state.

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[deleted] t1_ivkp3id wrote

This is my favorite one so far

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Not-so-rare-pepe t1_ivkqt1n wrote

Well now I don’t even want to process the ones that I took.

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canadacorriendo785 t1_ivkvb23 wrote

Replying to MayonaiseBaron (#475,469)

Yeah the Housatonic/Hoosick Valley is actually pretty urbanized by the standards of a lot of the country.

Its absolutely gorgeous out there though. The valley between the Berkshires/ Green Mountains and the Taconics is easily my vote for the most beautiful place in New England.

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D3th2Aw3 t1_ivkyeer wrote

Nice photo! I pulled an all nighter and froze my butt off behind my telescope haha. It was beautiful.

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creepiebeastie t1_ivkyqjd wrote

This is beautiful!! That was the first mountain I ever hiked.

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Away-Meet3592 t1_ivl2kvr wrote

Thank you so much! Im a MA resident also and i was upset at myself for sleeping thru it when i wanted to try and see it

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ZhePotestatem t1_ivl2pki wrote

Oh my vos this is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen all day

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DrunkenRedditMan t1_ivl7yjk wrote

Isn't this where the American wizarding school is located in Harry Potter

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PaisleyEgg t1_ivlokyf wrote

Also in Massachusetts (South Hadley), and managed to take myself and my partner up to see it. Was really incredible! I can't wait to show him this picture! He got some good pictures with his camera phone (especially of the stars), but needs a dedicated camera eventually.

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PaisleyEgg t1_ivlomal wrote

Also in Massachusetts (South Hadley), and managed to take myself and my partner up to see it. Was really incredible! I can't wait to show him this picture! He got some good pictures with his camera phone (especially of the stars), but needs a dedicated camera eventually.

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shewantstheicepick t1_ivlqd9d wrote

Replying to MayonaiseBaron (#477,112)

"Berkshire County is a county on the western edge of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,026. Its largest city and traditional county seat is Pittsfield. The county was founded in 1761. The Berkshire Hills are centered on Berkshire County. Residents are known as Berkshirites."

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MayonaiseBaron t1_ivlqvpq wrote

Replying to shewantstheicepick (#477,286)

"The Taconic Mountains or Taconic Range (/təˈkɒnɪk/) are a range of the Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border of New York State and adjacent New England from northwest Connecticut to western Massachusetts, north to central western Vermont. A physiographic region of the larger New England province, the range includes notable summits, including its high point, 3,840 feet (1,170 m) Mount Equinox in Vermont, and 3,489 feet (1,063 m) Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts."

I really don't understand why everyone is bent out of shape over this.

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KingoftheJabari t1_ivlu16p wrote

I'm so mad I had to work and didn't have time to take a picture.

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bockis t1_ivlvyh5 wrote

That’s the highest spot in Massachusetts.

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petal14 t1_ivlxyxu wrote

I’m right in the foothills of Greylock! I didn’t have this view but I did see the eclipse:) Love your photography!!

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tyler_the_noob t1_ivm0dsj wrote

Replying to uruk- (#474,642)

Hey friend, if you keep the mindset that you've gotta see it all in one go that may actually keep you from seeing it at all. Try going on closer trips, for longer, to start your approach. That way you get to actually interact and be in the places you're in, giving yourself time to experience it, instead of accidentally rushing through because you're excited about the next spot. Hope that makes sense!

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tyler_the_noob t1_ivm1hdt wrote

Replying to flying_midget (#474,526)

Are you using a stable tripod? Like really a stable one not a $10 walmart one? Was it windy? Do you use a delay or remote shutter so that the button press doesn't create blur? All of these definitely matter when shooting an exposure for that long. Most likely there's this slightly little camera shake that is throwing you off that you're not realizing. Are you also shooting raw? Do you have sharp glass? 600m @ F6.3 would require some real expensive glass to get it to look sharp. Full sensor camera body? also a factor when doing astrophotography.

If all this fails and you're sure you're doing everything right in those aspects (not doubting you! just make sure!) you could try a technique called image stacking in which you take multiple photos over a range of F-stops and focuses in which you stack together using a photo editor that creates a single, fully composed image. Good luck!

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SpennyHotz t1_ivm76wj wrote

Replying to fotografamerika (#476,018)

He ran a statistics ad company and made really good money, his wife is a CPA. They had a huge house. His daughter went off to college and his son was unfortunately killed in a car accident when he was teen, which kinda spiraled him in to retiring early at 45, selling everything, and seeing the country before he's too old to really enjoy it. His wife is still a CPA but works from the laptop/starlink. Now he's full on landscape and bird photography.

They had a big rv but decided the van was more cost efficient for what they do.

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Canilickyourfeet t1_ivm9l18 wrote

Well fml. I live around the corner but was asleep. What a tragic existence I live lol

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judgepenitant t1_ivma09n wrote

Replying to MayonaiseBaron (#477,312)

Culturally, the term "Berkshires" includes all of the highland region in western Massachusetts west of the Connecticut River and lower Westfield River. The cultural region also includes the Taconic Mountains bordering New York, which are geologically distinct from the Berkshires orogeny. Southwest Vermont and the Taconic region of New York are occasionally grouped with the Berkshires cultural region.

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sharksnut t1_ivmerpn wrote

Bottom left of the moon, you can see a tiny Sisyphus

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Butthole_Vesuvius t1_ivmfmhh wrote

Replying to MayonaiseBaron (#477,312)

People are bent out of shape because you are using the technical scientific definition that no one who lives here uses. While Greylock is a part of the Taconic range, everyone who lives here just refers to the area as The Berkshires. If a person asked me where I live, I would say "The Berkshires," not "in the valley between the Taconic range and the Berkshire Hills."

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ThrowinNightshade t1_ivmisws wrote

Lunar eclipses are when the moon disappears from sight. This is clearly a harvest moon or blood moon or something like that.

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shotputprince t1_ivmj4wb wrote

The mountains the mountains we greet them with a song

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bakedpigeon t1_ivmk6ny wrote

I love Mount Greylock, the view from the top is amazing!

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MichaelCoryAvery t1_ivmmqxy wrote

I’m disappointed at this. I woke up early enough to see the Lunar Eclipse this year and all I see? Nothing. Just the stars in the sky.

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TheAsianTroll t1_ivmrr0l wrote

Wish I could have seen it. I wasn't awake until 2 hours after and had no clue it was happening

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MardukX t1_ivmxmw3 wrote

Very cool. I proposed to my wife on top of My Greylock right near that tower on top. It's not the most picturesque mountain from the ground, so I really appreciate this photo.

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artlove89 t1_ivmyrf2 wrote

Replying to Away-Meet3592 (#476,004)

I’m a Southern California resident who got up at 2am to find it raining one of the three times it has this year. Couldn’t see a thing! Glad someone got a shot this beautiful too!

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sassycat13 t1_ivn5u68 wrote

I can almost see the silhouette of Ilvermorny ♥️

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philnolan3d t1_ivn6s0v wrote

I stayed up as late as I could but only saw it half covered. Didn't look red at all to me.

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DoughBoyy69 t1_ivn7tck wrote

Big oof to all the natives who see this.

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midwifeatyourcervix t1_ivn8icr wrote

I saw this view of the blood moon right over Greylock from my west facing bedroom window (I live on the most eastern side of Pioneer Valley) early this morning! Cool to see it up close like this and not from 40 miles away

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badger5959 t1_ivn9egh wrote

I was just working by Graylock at the limestone mine last week. Damn, missed it by few days. We started early too.

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apurvkarmasse t1_ivnfrky wrote

this is a mindblowing capture my friend!

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TheDesktopNinja t1_ivnl3tp wrote

Shit, not often I see what's basically my backyard posted on here! (Ok I'm like 80 miles away but whatever)

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stoweman t1_ivnz3el wrote

OP looks like it was shot from Cheshire

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Quincykid t1_ivohk5s wrote

Replying to DrunkenRedditMan (#476,259)

This mountain (tallest point in MA) also inspired Herman Melville, who lived to the south of Greylock, to write Moby Dick. He looked out his window on a snowy day and thought it looked like a white whale breaching.

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UMagnet t1_ivpltwb wrote

That looks absolutely awesome

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