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Nice photos guys

Polish autumn

Well well well, it's about time : I've updated my portfolio You can see it here :

https://www.marcbidoul.fr/

And if you want to follow me on Facebook, you'll find me here :https://www.facebook.com/bidoulmarc/ Even if it's french, I hope you'll like it

Sorry, it follows directly my previous post but I made a little video to show some of my images from 2017.

I hope I'll have a better one at the end of 2018 ! Do not hesitate to share it if you like it, thanks

@El Moroes such a beautifull photography and great portfolio!!! I am pretty jelous on your work What kind of a lens you need to get those Macro's? (and what gets close to it with the Nikon brand?) And do you do alot of afther editing? The urban picture with the bridges is such a strong image with the light alligning the boat and all

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15 hours ago, Roald said: @El Moroes such a beautifull photography and great portfolio!!! I am pretty jelous on your work What kind of a lens you need to get those Macro's? (and what gets close to it with the Nikon brand?) And do you do alot of afther editing? The urban picture with the bridges is such a strong image with the light alligning the boat and all

Ahah thanks About my lens I'm using this one : Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM. You should easily find a similar one for your Nikon. And about editing at the beginning I did a lot but now I'm more and more trying to do the less in Lightroom...which is a good exercice when I'm taking the photo.

After over a week of heavy rain and cold winds, we got a break...and a nice sunset

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I won't post everything I did since my last post but I'm now playing with my new toy (a Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM) and I like that ! You'll find more here (portfolio) and here (FB page)[Blocked Image: http://marcbidoul.fr/wp-content/upl…Cendr%C3%A9.jpg][Blocked Image: http://marcbidoul.fr/wp-content/upl…/Sentinelle.jpg][Blocked Image: http://marcbidoul.fr/wp-content/upl…/En-faction.jpg]

Great stuff man, really inspiring photography portfolio! I'm in love with those mountainous landscapes you have on there.

I've been to Grand Canyon this week and it's hands down the craziest place I've ever been, here's a shot, I'll post a few more later.

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On 02/03/2018 at 11:14 AM, [HP] said: Great stuff man, really inspiring photography portfolio! I'm in love with those mountainous landscapes you have on there.

I've been to Grand Canyon this week and it's hands down the craziest place I've ever been, here's a shot, I'll post a few more later.

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Thanks Yours are nice too, I like how you play with colors on some landscape photo, really inspiring too !

Raining all day today, then suddenly @ 6:30 PM, it stopped for 5 min and a patch of clouds moved away...grab the camera, run into a nearby field through the mud

Now it's raining again with loud thunder

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It's been a long time so I'll show you some of my latest photos. Oh and my website has been updated too for a better readability.[Blocked Image: http://marcbidoul.fr/wp-content/upl…regards-web.jpg][Blocked Image: http://marcbidoul.fr/wp-content/upl…lis-matinal.jpg][Blocked Image: http://marcbidoul.fr/wp-content/upl…ssif-floral.jpg][Blocked Image: http://marcbidoul.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Lavare.jpg][Blocked Image: http://marcbidoul.fr/wp-content/upl…he-Portrait.jpg][Blocked Image: http://marcbidoul.fr/wp-content/upl…r-passereau.jpg] ...and there are more on my website

Some new pictures

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Total lunar eclipse - July 27 2018

Took a couple of shots of yesterday's lunar eclipse, the longest in the 21st century so far ( 4 hours total including 1 hour 40 min for the "blood moon" total eclipse phase)

1 - Shortly after the eclipse started around 9:30 PM (it was cloudy but I managed to get the shots in-between clouds :D)

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2 - Eclipse about 80%

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3 - Total eclipse, the "blood moon" phase with the red-orange tint

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4 - Eclipse is partial again. Earth's shadow is moving away and the moon is being lit again.

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5 - Eclipse is almost over. Moon is getting back being a "full moon"

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Nice ! You were lucky, here in Lyon we had too many clouds and we didn't see the moon

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20 hours ago, El Moroes said: Nice ! You were lucky, here in Lyon we had too many clouds and we didn't see the moon

we had clouds too but we were a bit luckier as they tended to scatter every half hour allowing me to snap some shots before regrouping and blocking the view.

Better luck next eclipse then

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2 hours ago, will2k said: we had clouds too but we were a bit luckier as they tended to scatter every half hour allowing me to snap some shots before regrouping and blocking the view.

Better luck next eclipse then

What did you use to photograph it?

I also had a little trip out of town to get some shots of the moon.

The evening started with a pretty cool sunset:

(BTW: No Photoshop magic here, pretty much straight outta Camera)

Then, after a little while, I took quite some pictures of the Blood Moon. It was really hard to get the focus spot on since everything was so dark. The rather long exposure time didn't really help. This is the sharpest one I probably got:

And since the Mars was also well visible, I had to get a photo of both Moon and Mars in one shot.

Ended the trip with a little wide angle shot of the eclipse and the Milky Way. 30s exposure time:

Great pictures @will2k and @El_Exodus! Sadly didn't get to see it myself, but expected since ideal condition was being in a wide open area and little light pollution (none of which I met). Did you manage to see Mars too?

I was on the Black Sea's western shore and these are some of the shots i took. Unfortunately it was cloudy and in couldn't see all the eclipse. I did see the Moon a little bit after it had risen from sea. (no photoshop was used for these pictures)