Eclipse with wide angle lens
Aug 12, 2017 06:44:23 #
If I want to capture foreground objects (some landscape) with the solar eclipse included do I need a solar filter? I'm thinking 28mm on full frame. Thanks.
Aug 12, 2017 06:45:42 #
par4fore wrote:
If I want to capture foreground objects (some landscape) with the solar eclipse included do I need a solar filter? I'm thinking 28mm on full frame. Thanks.
If you're shooting the sun, you'll want a solar filter. Better safe than blind.
Aug 12, 2017 06:55:44 #
jerryc41 wrote:
If you're shooting the sun, you'll want a solar filter. Better safe than blind.
Agreed.
Aug 12, 2017 07:01:49 #
melismus
Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country
Sounds like impossible shot. If you expose for the sun, all else is black; expose for the background and burn your sensor or your eye.
Aug 12, 2017 07:12:25 #
melismus wrote:
Sounds like impossible shot. If you expose for the sun, all else is black; expose for the background and burn your sensor or your eye.
Unless shooting during the portion of the eclipse when the sun is fully obscured.
Aug 12, 2017 12:01:20 #
melismus wrote:
Sounds like impossible shot. If you expose for the sun, all else is black; expose for the background and burn your sensor or your eye.
This is what I saw and wanted to try
Aug 12, 2017 12:09:18 #
par4fore wrote:
This is what I saw and wanted to try
That's a great shot. Unfortunately though, it appears it was taken either earlier or later than the midday timing of totality in my area (western NC). So, the sun looks like it was closer to the horizon and more likely to be captured with a wide angle lens. Maybe people on the west coast will have a better opportunity than us east coasters. Good luck with it wherever you are.
Aug 12, 2017 12:22:47 #
par4fore wrote:
This is what I saw and wanted to try
Nice. How about setting up two cameras - W/A and tele?
Aug 12, 2017 12:28:41 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Nice. How about setting up two cameras - W/A and tele?
I'm planning to do that, but full eclipse happens at 2:30PM here when the sun is almost directly overhead. The widest WA I have is 16mm. Hm.... maybe that will work. The weather is clear right now, so I'll try it at 2:30 and see what I get. Another hm, since I'll have to use a solar filter I won't be able to see if the frame gets down to the horizon. I'm going to get off my duff and make some calculations. :-)
Aug 12, 2017 14:03:31 #
binsjohn wrote:
ThanksThat's a great shot. Unfortunately though, it appears it was taken either earlier or later than the midday timing of totality in my area (western NC). So, the sun looks like it was closer to the horizon and more likely to be captured with a wide angle lens. Maybe people on the west coast will have a better opportunity than us east coasters. Good luck with it wherever you are.
Aug 12, 2017 14:07:03 #
binsjohn wrote:
I'm thinking the sun would be lower here on Long Island, say vs. South Carolina. Still wondering if so do you need the filter with wide angle.I'm planning to do that, but full eclipse happens at 2:30PM here when the sun is almost directly overhead. The widest WA I have is 16mm. Hm.... maybe that will work. The weather is clear right now, so I'll try it at 2:30 and see what I get. Another hm, since I'll have to use a solar filter I won't be able to see if the frame gets down to the horizon. I'm going to get off my duff and make some calculations. :-)
Aug 12, 2017 14:07:35 #
Aug 12, 2017 14:21:14 #
melismus wrote:
I think you are showing us a picture of the moon. How can you have a bright white sun over an orange glow on the horizon?
I see that now but got this from here I think it is in fact a solar eclipse:
Aug 12, 2017 14:44:32 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
par4fore wrote:
This is what I saw and wanted to try
This may be a photoshopped imitation scene.
Aug 13, 2017 06:29:52 #
I looks like an annular eclipse to me. Very tricky timing, I think--I wouldn't try it.
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