Black Hole Sun

One more of my eclipse photos, processed to illustrate the "Black Hole Sun" effect that so many remember, while rendering the evanescence and complexity of the solar corona.

 

HDR blend of 12 images, each image processed to reveal the corona details before blending into a single image. Prominences added back as a separate layer.

 

1/4000 to 1/2 second exposures

f/6, ISO 200, 480mm

 

Canon T3i camera

Explore Scientific ED80 APO refractor telescope, 480mm focal length

Celestron Advanced VX mount

Explore Scientific field flattener

 

Done