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Still in stunned amazement from witnessing the eclipse in totality!!!
We had a fantastic time camping in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. We ended up watching it in a field of blooming purple wildflowers near Lake of the Woods off Union Pass. I easily count it as one of the most amazing experiences of my life, so glad everything worked out to see it!
If you didn't get a chance to go out and experience the Eclipse, then read on!!!
As I threw my pack into the car I couldn't help but think back over the last two weeks. I had been running around frantically trying to figure out what to expect while shooting and viewing a total eclipse. I found a great spot along the path of totality inside of Smith Rock State Park just outside of Madras, Oregon.
After hearing some reports about the insane crowds and traffic to be expected in the areas around the path of totality, I took the scenic less travelled route along Highway 395 up through Reno, Nevada into Oregon on the backroads. Just before reaching Mt. Shasta the sky began to thicken with smoke and by the time I hit the Oregon Border the sky was horrible, so much for the scenic route I could barely see 1500foot from the car. It was so bad that when I arrived at Crater Lake it was filled with smoke and I couldn't see Wizard Island or the water for the matter. :/
I had to be in Medford the day before the eclipse to meet up with Ralf Rohner (Skypointer) an astrophotographer that I met through Flickr, he was flying in from Switzerland to shoot the eclipse and was a joy to shoot with. He has brilliantly merged deep sky photography into his nightscape photos. The night before our meeting I slept in the car on a dirt backroad along route 97 and even after a 14 hour drive was still finding it difficult to fight off the excitement about what was to come.
When we arrived in the park the sky was filled with a grey haze to the west and it only seemed to get worse as the day progressed so we decided to head east away from the smoke and found ourselves on Round Butte located in the farmlands directly on the center of the path of totality. Although this area is BLM managed, when we arrived, there was a band setting up and just like every other campground along the path... FULL!!!
We haphazardly parked and struck up a conversion with the occupants of the best site there. After describing what we were planning they agreed to allow us to join them for the night. I woke the morning of the eclipse prepared to shoot but unsure what to expect from this celestial event. At first contact I began to start shooting, as time went the exposure was changed continually to compensate for the moons coverage over the sun, 30 seconds before totality the temperature dropped and as totality peaked a cool breeze swept across the butte, my senses are reeling and the adrenaline is flowing. This sequence of events is so fleeting, The Diamond Ring effect and baileys beads, I've seen the pictures, and believe me when I tell you that the diamond ring effect is TOTALLY UNDERATED!! and as soon as one happens here comes the next. Shooting with two cameras and clicking away the whole time just hoping that I get something interesting on the card and I also found it difficult to look away for even just a moment from this incredible spectacle. When totality hit it's peak there was a exuberant cheer and folks hugged and grown men wept and I too felt heavily overwhelmed and struggled to keep my wits about me. As soon as it had come it was gone and time for me to head back to LA. Here was the part that had me the most anxious, the drive back, and it was all it was hyped up to be. In four hours the traffic had taken me only 20 miles and after 7 hours had only completed 100 of the 900 mile return trip route. I remember rolling along looking at the forest at 3mph thinking to myself that the settlers in covered wagons would beat me home at this rate!!! Haha.
It took me 14 hours to get there along the scenic route and 22 hours to return on the shortest route. All in all I traveled 2386 miles to shoot for 128 seconds. Was it worth it.... Hell Yeah!!! Hehe.
I was using BAADER AstroSolar 5.0 foil for pre-totality and adapted it to a Lee filter holder on the long lens. I'm not sure why the metadata says 348mm, I was at 200mm with a 2x teleconverter on a crop sensor which comes out to around 640mm. This is a 200% blowup with the sides cropped. FYI....
Btw: This is the color cast in the Celestron Glasses I was using. I took one shot through the glasses and then I tweaked this to match. 👍
I would like to extend a personal thank you to Ralf for taking the time to meet up with me, It was nice to have his expertise there in case I panicked. I was late in preparing my gear so he hand crafted a solar filter for me and even focused my camera for me when I got blasted with sidelight, Note to self, bring a shade source next time to block side light. Later, after he set me straight I came up with a great nickname for him and all his gadgets, "The mad scientist" He's crazy good at his craft and I learned a lot during my time with him. Thanks again Einstein, I'm proud to be your first follower!!
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I had no protection for my camera and decided to pick one area to focus on for the eclipse. These are the same flowers with the same settings all during the eclipse. The last one was too dark to even post. What an amazing event this was!!
We gathered with family at my brother-in-law's & sister-in-law's "cow camp" accessed by 20 some miles of dirt roads deep in the rugged and remote Challis National Forest.There was just us, the horses and the cows, surrounded by beautiful mountains, for 1.11 seconds of eclipse totality. Having never shot an eclipse, I bracketed and changed things up but didn't work it to the point of not enjoying what was going on. Still, I was really hoping I caught the sun's red flare-ups and little diamond ring that I could see through the lens :) The cows roaming around added an interesting element by bedding down for the night as darkness fell with total eclipse! An eerie and overwhelming experience when everything went so cold, dark and still -- nothing to hear but our oohs and awes.
said the Babylonians (539 BC)
They would removed the King at the start of an eclipse and replace him with someone else until it was over. Then kill that guy and reinstall the King. This to avoid bad fortune to the King who was seated during an eclipse.
Humans...imaginative if nothing else.
Took in the eclipse experience in the Carbondale, Ill area. Went a little south into the Giant City State Park.
{Note: for some reason, incorrect EXIF data has loaded with this photo; was actually taken with Sony 70-200mm f4, 1/500. ISO 100.]
This is how our eclipse day looked just as things started here on the Elk River! I really thought I would evaporate for a minute there! :)
While everyone else was looking up during the eclipse, I looked down!
The "pinhole effect" demonstrated through a leafy tree during the recent solar eclipse. This is the crescent of the sun projected onto the road - the size of the projections depends on the height of the tree. Makes a very interesting pattern as you are walking along.
A view of the total solar eclipse on Monday August 21st, 2017 as seen through an unfiltered telescope.
Location:
Dumont Hill Park
Scottsville, Kentucky
Telescope:
130 mm (5.1") diameter Sky-Watcher Newtonian reflector
650 mm focal length
F5
EQ2 mount
14 mm Speers-Waler 1.25" eyepiece
Camera:
BlackBerry PRIV STV100-1 cell phone camera, hand-held to eyepiece with rubber eye cups open
F2.2 aperture
4.8 mm focal length (27 mm equivalent for 35 mm format film)
1/17 s exposure
ISO 65
Flash OFF
Auto white balance
Exposure compensation: 0
Processing:
Unprocessed
Yes, I was one of the crazies out shooting the solar eclipse Monday. I drove about 30 minutes north of my home to do so. And, yes, I had a good time. ;-)
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A total solar eclipse is an awe-inspiring phenomenon where the Moon completely blocks the view of the Sun. Before and after totality, there is a partial solar eclipse. During totality, viewers are in the Moon’s shadow or umbra. But, the sky doesn’t go completely dark. Instead, you see parts of Sun that are not ordinarily visible, such as the corona and solar prominences.
One of these phenomenon is the Diamond Ring Effect. It takes place just before totality and right before totality ends (also known as the second and third contact). At this point, the Moon almost fully covers the Sun and a final bright spot of sunlight called the “diamond” remains visible. This striking visual effect resembles a diamond ring as seen above, hence the name.
-- Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff) --
‧ Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
‧ Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
‧ ISO – 100
‧ Aperture – f/9
‧ Exposure – 1/320 second
‧ Focal Length – 300mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
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2017 has been an incredible year for me.
Several trips to locations that seem to be sculptured out of some photographers wet dreams, helped me to take my photographic skills to a new level.
During these trips I was able to meet friends, I only knew through social media before. It was such a pleasure of finally meet them in person!
I opened my instagram account instagram.com/skypointer2000 and gained over 1k followers during the first year and, towards the end of the year, I joined fb and started selling my artwork on ralf-rohner.pixels.com
The most awe inspiring experience however, was to witness and capture a total solar eclipse for the first time in my life.
My last post of the year therefore shows my latest edit of this unforgettable event.
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Just getting back to home, with not a lot of time to work on images, so this is a quick edit of the moment just after totality.
Most all of the commentary I've been reading has been universal praise for those experiencing the eclipse, and in particular those able to witness totality. I'd certainly recommend it to anyone and everyone as something they should try to experience at least once in their lifetime. We were surrounded by a rather large crowd, and the excitement right before, during, and after totality was palpable.
A few more shots to follow, and will hopefully post a collage of the different phases.
And for those in the US, go ahead and start planning for April 8, 2024.
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Today's partial solar eclipse over Somerville MA. This is not a composite! I did do a bit of quick editing - adjusting levels and removed some dust spots. But the airplane really was there - what luck! You could say it was pure luck, but one of my favorite photography sayings* is "luck favors the well-prepared" - if I hadn't already been out there taking a bajillion eclipse shots through the clouds, I wouldn't have gotten this one with the airplane. I also lucked out with the amount of cloud cover - just enough that I could aim my camera at the sun without a filter, but that the eclipse was still visible.
Shot with Sony a6000 and 55-210mm lens.
Tough decision how much to crop - I want people to notice the airplane, but I like the overall context of the clouds. Cropped it just a little.
*Is that actually a saying? It seems to be based on Pasteur's "fortune favors the prepared mind", which is close but not referring to photography. Same idea, though.