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Aug 22, 2017 09:33:44   #
nikonshooter Loc: Spartanburg, South Carolina
 
One mount two scopes piggybacked and bracketed. For 2 plus minutes, the US was at peace! Except for the mad drivers caught in the traffic jams around the umbra! The top photo was part of a long exposure bracket with the longest at 15 seconds hoping to get some detail of the moon....well sorta got some. Wish I could do a "do-over."





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Aug 22, 2017 10:06:19   #
SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA
 
Beautiful Ed!
Stunning shots of the Moon and the Corona!
No 'Do-Over' needed there. Yours is the first I've seen where the moon detail can actually be seen within the Corona.

I learned going into the actual eclipse I had the wrong filter on. I curiously thought I'd try looking through my Poly film filter, and there was the orange colored Sun I had hoped for. So I guardedly changed filters mid stream.
So my meager string of images changes from White light, to an orange Sun part way.
But other than that, everything went fine for me here.

We had our own little Eclipse event in our back yard. Pretty lack-luster at 64%, but I got 830 images for my efforts. 4 per minute, for a time lapse. Still working on that...

The Grand daughter came home from Pre-School talking about how they couldn't go outside, and how they must not look up at the sun. It's OK though, Grandma and Grandpa have 3 channels of the entire eclipse to bore them with.

Wonderful images Ed!

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Aug 22, 2017 10:18:02   #
nikonshooter Loc: Spartanburg, South Carolina
 
We set up at a Fire Department in Laurens SC. They bent over backwards to help us....no complaints at all - EXCEPT - someone asked the Fire Chief if he could keep the drive way lights from coming on during "totality" - he did, he through the breaker disconnecting my camera and mount -------- 20 seconds before "totality" so I ran inside to ask that the power be turned on.......then I had to reset the mount to solar tracking - recenter - and that cost me "never to get back" seconds. But, like I told the chief - it was a great venue, they were awesome hosts, I was blessed to be a part of it around friends and family. Here is a link to some of my photos, I was working for the local paper as well http://www.goupstate.com/news/20170821/out-of-sight-thousands-descend-on-upstate-for-total-solar-eclipse and thanks for the kind words!

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Aug 22, 2017 14:57:19   #
nikonshooter Loc: Spartanburg, South Carolina
 
SonnyE wrote:
Beautiful Ed!
Stunning shots of the Moon and the Corona!
No 'Do-Over' needed there. Yours is the first I've seen where the moon detail can actually be seen within the Corona.

I learned going into the actual eclipse I had the wrong filter on. I curiously thought I'd try looking through my Poly film filter, and there was the orange colored Sun I had hoped for. So I guardedly changed filters mid stream.
So my meager string of images changes from White light, to an orange Sun part way.
But other than that, everything went fine for me here.

We had our own little Eclipse event in our back yard. Pretty lack-luster at 64%, but I got 830 images for my efforts. 4 per minute, for a time lapse. Still working on that...

The Grand daughter came home from Pre-School talking about how they couldn't go outside, and how they must not look up at the sun. It's OK though, Grandma and Grandpa have 3 channels of the entire eclipse to bore them with.

Wonderful images Ed!
Beautiful Ed! br Stunning shots of the Moon and th... (show quote)



I think this photog would fit in real well here at the "hog"!


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Aug 22, 2017 15:04:42   #
Europa Loc: West Hills, CA
 
Ed, that is great! Both shots. Never thought you could get details in the moon...remember what you did, 2024 right around the corner.

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Aug 22, 2017 15:26:32   #
cmc65
 
WOWZA!!

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Aug 22, 2017 17:43:50   #
SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA
 
nikonshooter wrote:
I think this photog would fit in real well here at the "hog"!


Holy Craminjammers, Ed!

That guy better not breath, and he better not even pass gas because it would take forever for all that to settle back down again!

And here I am being very careful to tread very lightly around my tripod. I've seen the shake from just moving my feet sitting in my chair.

What a rig!

To what end is the two flash attachments?

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Aug 22, 2017 20:23:17   #
guardineer
 
One of the best I've seen! Could you post again with the download link? Great job

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Aug 22, 2017 23:52:15   #
nikonshooter Loc: Spartanburg, South Carolina
 
My guess, he was going to provide some "fill" for the moon's craters :)

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Aug 23, 2017 02:53:19   #
SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA
 
nikonshooter wrote:
My guess, he was going to provide some "fill" for the moon's craters :)


Or burn back any curiosity seekers...
You geta in my way, I frya you face! POOF!

What a cotten picken minute...
Why does he have a headlight on....

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Aug 23, 2017 08:53:13   #
Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
 
SonnyE wrote:
The Grand daughter came home from Pre-School talking about how they couldn't go outside, and how they must not look up at the sun. It's OK though, Grandma and Grandpa have 3 channels of the entire eclipse to bore them with.



I had planned to head down south to see totality, but Monday was our first day back at school, and we lost another driver so they required my services... Knowing that I would actually be driving the kids home during the eclipse, I cancelled my order of eclipse glasses. Then, on Friday, the school district decided that they were scared of kids watching the eclipse during the bus ride home, so they called an early dismissal... So, I was actually home to see it, although it was only about 85% here. I risked it and took a peek through a couple of stacked ND filters, and I can still see!

On the whole business of the safety thing... I have responded to dozens of posts on here the past few weeks, giving the party line about not looking at the sun unfiltered except during totality, until I got bored with repeating the same thing over and over. But, then I got to thinking (dangerous, I know!). I wonder where the ancients obtained their mylar film or welders glasses before observing eclipses? Most people back then wouldn't have internet, so wouldn't have been told about the eclipse in advance, so as soon as it became 'significant', *everyone* would have been looking up at the sun, wondering which demon it was which was devouring it. Don't remember reading about plagues of blindness in the Bible, for instance...

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Aug 23, 2017 11:36:01   #
SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA
 
I've wondered the same thing.
No mention of blind tribes of humans, nor any passages about eclipses.
Yet, we are told here in modern times it happens twice a year somewhere on the Earth.


It's probably faked, like the Moon walk was.
Yeah, just one of those planes with a big disk on it flying by.
Media hype to sell merchandise, and get everybody a dose of melanoma on their faces....
I think it worked. Fooled me anyway.

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Aug 24, 2017 08:45:41   #
nikonshooter Loc: Spartanburg, South Carolina
 
Someone has asked for the download files. I will do that when I get back to Spartanburg.

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Aug 24, 2017 12:52:55   #
SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA
 
nikonshooter wrote:
Someone has asked for the download files. I will do that when I get back to Spartanburg.


... meanwhile, you're stuck in traffic....

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Aug 25, 2017 20:25:47   #
Europa Loc: West Hills, CA
 
nikonshooter wrote:
One mount two scopes piggybacked and bracketed. For 2 plus minutes, the US was at peace! Except for the mad drivers caught in the traffic jams around the umbra! The top photo was part of a long exposure bracket with the longest at 15 seconds hoping to get some detail of the moon....well sorta got some. Wish I could do a "do-over."


It sure looks pretty good, saw this on astronomy magazine.

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