Blink2Click
2024 SOLAR ECLIPSE
My attempt at photographing the solar eclipse. I had only just decided to photograph it the week prior and couldn’t get my hands on a solar filter and therefore the plan was to only photograph at totality (including the diamond ring and Bailey’s beads). I did some research online in the days leading up to the event and thought I pretty much had it all figured out. Had my settings all prepped beforehand. My plan was to take bracketed images (9 frames) on a tripod with 1/30 being my starting exposure and combine them in post processing. However, in the minutes before the magical moment, I became aware that my tripod isn’t a very good one and I was not able to tilt my camera enough to be able to capture the sun/moon so high up in the sky. I ended up having to shoot freehand and should have either disabled auto bracketing or at least dropped down to 3 frames as I would never be sturdy enough by hand to handle all those exposures. Needless to say, I did manage to enjoy the spectacular event and got one or two images even if they weren’t everything I had hoped to achieve.
2024 SOLAR ECLIPSE
My attempt at photographing the solar eclipse. I had only just decided to photograph it the week prior and couldn’t get my hands on a solar filter and therefore the plan was to only photograph at totality (including the diamond ring and Bailey’s beads). I did some research online in the days leading up to the event and thought I pretty much had it all figured out. Had my settings all prepped beforehand. My plan was to take bracketed images (9 frames) on a tripod with 1/30 being my starting exposure and combine them in post processing. However, in the minutes before the magical moment, I became aware that my tripod isn’t a very good one and I was not able to tilt my camera enough to be able to capture the sun/moon so high up in the sky. I ended up having to shoot freehand and should have either disabled auto bracketing or at least dropped down to 3 frames as I would never be sturdy enough by hand to handle all those exposures. Needless to say, I did manage to enjoy the spectacular event and got one or two images even if they weren’t everything I had hoped to achieve.