Terrestrial
This image has been generated in collaboration with my friend Steve Dondero. We wanted to generate an image that was unique and conveyed the eerie landscape generated by the total eclipse. So Steve scouted for days in the mountains of Idaho till he found this perfect little lake. It had submerged tufa type formations that made it feel like an alien planet. The lake would line up perfectly for the total eclipse. On the day of the eclipse we started our steep hike into the mountains. Steve as usual with the grace of a speeding gazelle, and me lumbering behind like a drunken asthmatic hippo. A few hours later we reached this spot and realized there was no one around for miles. I shot this image with the hope of rendering the scene at totality. This is a multiple exposure blend mainly to show some of the interesting cloud formations during the shoot, Steve for the human element (playing with his lens ball here) and the totality phase of the eclipse. The foreground has been shot with a wide angle and the sun with a 400 mm lens. I chose to use the image from the longer lens to have a clearer picture of the totality phase, and was using the wide angle to indicate the position of the sun at totality. A few stars made an appearance as well. Would love to hear your thoughts on this rendition.
Kudos to all those who have been posting beautiful images of the eclipse. Really enjoying each creative take on the event.
Terrestrial
This image has been generated in collaboration with my friend Steve Dondero. We wanted to generate an image that was unique and conveyed the eerie landscape generated by the total eclipse. So Steve scouted for days in the mountains of Idaho till he found this perfect little lake. It had submerged tufa type formations that made it feel like an alien planet. The lake would line up perfectly for the total eclipse. On the day of the eclipse we started our steep hike into the mountains. Steve as usual with the grace of a speeding gazelle, and me lumbering behind like a drunken asthmatic hippo. A few hours later we reached this spot and realized there was no one around for miles. I shot this image with the hope of rendering the scene at totality. This is a multiple exposure blend mainly to show some of the interesting cloud formations during the shoot, Steve for the human element (playing with his lens ball here) and the totality phase of the eclipse. The foreground has been shot with a wide angle and the sun with a 400 mm lens. I chose to use the image from the longer lens to have a clearer picture of the totality phase, and was using the wide angle to indicate the position of the sun at totality. A few stars made an appearance as well. Would love to hear your thoughts on this rendition.
Kudos to all those who have been posting beautiful images of the eclipse. Really enjoying each creative take on the event.