The Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2024 during totality, seen from Westport, New York
My set up for Totality: Canon Ra, Canon EF200mm f/2.8L II USM Lens + Canon 2x III Extender = 400mm, F/8, ISO 200, iOptron SkyTracker, laptop with camera-control software SET'n'C (Solar Eclipse Timer and Controller).
Expose time was from 1/1000 to 4 seconds - 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2 and 4 seconds.
During eclipse I got full 4 series of photos with these shutter speed. Centered photo in Photoshop, loading images into layers (File > Script > Load Files into Stack...) and using “difference” layers blending mode and manually centered all images using the arrow keys.
Problem was only with overexposed images, so for simplicity I used only first ten exposures in series. Finally, 40 images were centered. After that I converted all selected layers to Smart Object and created Mean image (Layer> Smart Objects > Stock Mode > Mean).
I used Raw Filter (Filter > Camera Raw Filter) and adjusted Texture and Clarity. Some other small editing were done. This is first step to create HDR image but even this "Mean" image is match clear than any single one. Magnetic field structure already visible.
The Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2024 during totality, seen from Westport, New York
My set up for Totality: Canon Ra, Canon EF200mm f/2.8L II USM Lens + Canon 2x III Extender = 400mm, F/8, ISO 200, iOptron SkyTracker, laptop with camera-control software SET'n'C (Solar Eclipse Timer and Controller).
Expose time was from 1/1000 to 4 seconds - 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2 and 4 seconds.
During eclipse I got full 4 series of photos with these shutter speed. Centered photo in Photoshop, loading images into layers (File > Script > Load Files into Stack...) and using “difference” layers blending mode and manually centered all images using the arrow keys.
Problem was only with overexposed images, so for simplicity I used only first ten exposures in series. Finally, 40 images were centered. After that I converted all selected layers to Smart Object and created Mean image (Layer> Smart Objects > Stock Mode > Mean).
I used Raw Filter (Filter > Camera Raw Filter) and adjusted Texture and Clarity. Some other small editing were done. This is first step to create HDR image but even this "Mean" image is match clear than any single one. Magnetic field structure already visible.