Eclipse from Cincinnati IMG_1922
I didn't plan for this Eclipse, with special filters or anything, but we still had a good time. We made pinhole cameras which projected the eclipse sharply onto white cardboard, and followed it that way.
But I did, at one point at about 85% totality, quickly point my camera at the sun and shoot. This is what I got.
The star effect must be from the eclipse itself... the moon plus atmosphere plus lens must have created that illusion.
But what baffled us was the perfect tiny little image of the eclipse which appeared down below the image of the sun itself.... you can zoom in on it, and there it is... the eclipse!
In the comments I have a photo of the cool phenomenon of the spaces between the leaves on the trees creating pinhole cameras of their own.... and projecting the image of the eclipse onto the driveway, over and over again. I wish I had thought to sweep the leaves away, but I didn't.
You have probably all seen photos like these already... maybe hundreds of times... but here is my little contribution!
I have learned, from Steven Hromnak, in a comment below, that the star effect is achieved by using a wide angle lens, and stopping way down (25mm is pretty wide angle, but not hugely... and f25 is stopped down pretty far!).
Eclipse from Cincinnati IMG_1922
I didn't plan for this Eclipse, with special filters or anything, but we still had a good time. We made pinhole cameras which projected the eclipse sharply onto white cardboard, and followed it that way.
But I did, at one point at about 85% totality, quickly point my camera at the sun and shoot. This is what I got.
The star effect must be from the eclipse itself... the moon plus atmosphere plus lens must have created that illusion.
But what baffled us was the perfect tiny little image of the eclipse which appeared down below the image of the sun itself.... you can zoom in on it, and there it is... the eclipse!
In the comments I have a photo of the cool phenomenon of the spaces between the leaves on the trees creating pinhole cameras of their own.... and projecting the image of the eclipse onto the driveway, over and over again. I wish I had thought to sweep the leaves away, but I didn't.
You have probably all seen photos like these already... maybe hundreds of times... but here is my little contribution!
I have learned, from Steven Hromnak, in a comment below, that the star effect is achieved by using a wide angle lens, and stopping way down (25mm is pretty wide angle, but not hugely... and f25 is stopped down pretty far!).