Totality, a serious matter
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We drove 10+ hours north-east to Weiser, Idaho to see the totality of the solar eclipse. What an experience!
We scouted around for a good place and decided to camp at the river bed of the Snake River a few miles downstream from Weiser. We could see the moon slip in front of the sun at 10:10am. The surrounding terrain became an eerie place ten minutes before the totality. The temperature dropped. Then at 11:25am it got dark within seconds, quite dark. The totality had begun. Now it was safe to look into the sun without a protective film, and to take off the sun filter from the camera lens. I was super exited, and at the same time very much focused on taking many shots with the new 600 mm long lens.
The sun is 400 times further away than the moon, and by pure luck the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun. Which, at totality means that the two object appear to have the same size. Actually, the moon is 2.7% larger, which allowed us to enjoy the totality for 2 minutes. It also means that the corona around the sun was clearly visible.
These are three photos merged into one. One shortly before the totality, and two during the totality.
The totality is a mystical experience, hard to describe. All I can say is that I recommend to put this on your bucket list if you have not experienced one in person. The totality is totally worth a trip.
I processed soft and balanced HDR photos from three separate RAW exposures, then resized, rotated and merged them.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC8158_70_77_hdr1sof1bal1f.jpg
Totality, a serious matter
Thank you for visiting - ❤ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
We drove 10+ hours north-east to Weiser, Idaho to see the totality of the solar eclipse. What an experience!
We scouted around for a good place and decided to camp at the river bed of the Snake River a few miles downstream from Weiser. We could see the moon slip in front of the sun at 10:10am. The surrounding terrain became an eerie place ten minutes before the totality. The temperature dropped. Then at 11:25am it got dark within seconds, quite dark. The totality had begun. Now it was safe to look into the sun without a protective film, and to take off the sun filter from the camera lens. I was super exited, and at the same time very much focused on taking many shots with the new 600 mm long lens.
The sun is 400 times further away than the moon, and by pure luck the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun. Which, at totality means that the two object appear to have the same size. Actually, the moon is 2.7% larger, which allowed us to enjoy the totality for 2 minutes. It also means that the corona around the sun was clearly visible.
These are three photos merged into one. One shortly before the totality, and two during the totality.
The totality is a mystical experience, hard to describe. All I can say is that I recommend to put this on your bucket list if you have not experienced one in person. The totality is totally worth a trip.
I processed soft and balanced HDR photos from three separate RAW exposures, then resized, rotated and merged them.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC8158_70_77_hdr1sof1bal1f.jpg