Shooting the Sun - StarGuy White Light Solar Filter
Jul 17, 2023 07:22:35 #
I inquired about this, StarGuy White Light Solar Filter, and received some feedback. I finally received the filter and went out and took a few handheld shots. I am using a Canon 5D MkIV, with Canon 100-400 f 4.5-5.6 Mk ll, with Canon 1.4X extender Mk lll, 560 mm equivalent. 1/100 sec, f8, ISO 100 @ 560mm.
I did minimal post processing, and added some texture to get the grainy look on the sun's surface. The crop is about 29% of the original file size. As I have never done this before, is this a realistic rendition of the sun? The filter is the cheapest filter and the strangest looking filter I have ever purchased/ used. I appreciate any feedback you can offer. Thank you, Gary
I did minimal post processing, and added some texture to get the grainy look on the sun's surface. The crop is about 29% of the original file size. As I have never done this before, is this a realistic rendition of the sun? The filter is the cheapest filter and the strangest looking filter I have ever purchased/ used. I appreciate any feedback you can offer. Thank you, Gary
Jul 17, 2023 08:32:58 #
It looks about normal for that type of filter. You did a good job catching the detail. My Thousand Oakes filter makes the sun a more orange/red color. I like both.
Jul 17, 2023 09:05:04 #
Jul 18, 2023 06:17:58 #
alberio wrote:
It looks about normal for that type of filter. You did a good job catching the detail. My Thousand Oakes filter makes the sun a more orange/red color. I like both.
Thank you, I am new at this. Gary
Jul 18, 2023 06:18:07 #
W9OD wrote:
Looks like the images on SpaceWeatherLive. Very nice image.
Thank you, I am new at this. Gary
Jul 18, 2023 09:32:26 #
Your photo looks very good. Filters such as yours use different types of film to block something like 99.999% of the light so as not to destroy your camera or eyes. Some use Baader film, are wrinkled and certainly don't look like glass filters. The film can be purchased in sheets for dyi filters, instructions are all over the web.
Need to be sure your finder goes thru the camera lens or else you get full force of sun into your eye and it will result in blindness. Most recommend covering the finder and using live view to be sure.
Need to be sure your finder goes thru the camera lens or else you get full force of sun into your eye and it will result in blindness. Most recommend covering the finder and using live view to be sure.
Jul 18, 2023 12:26:43 #
gwong1 wrote:
I inquired about this, StarGuy White Light Solar F... (show quote)
The filter does a pretty reasonable job.
bwa
Jul 19, 2023 16:29:58 #
Jul 19, 2023 17:42:39 #
Your filer and set up looks like it takes a good picture of the visible Sun. Congrats.
However, I clenched my teeth and squirmed when I read that you added "texture" into your photo to get it to look right, i.e., to have some graininess to the surface. This procedure may be acceptable with portraits, but it should never be done with astrophotography. Always work with what you have rather than adding things in. That means adju sting contrast and brightness are fine as is adjusting color to some extent.
These are comments from a scientist. If you want an "artistic" rendition of the Sun and are willing to label it as such, then it is your choice of what you add in or take out. --Richard
However, I clenched my teeth and squirmed when I read that you added "texture" into your photo to get it to look right, i.e., to have some graininess to the surface. This procedure may be acceptable with portraits, but it should never be done with astrophotography. Always work with what you have rather than adding things in. That means adju sting contrast and brightness are fine as is adjusting color to some extent.
These are comments from a scientist. If you want an "artistic" rendition of the Sun and are willing to label it as such, then it is your choice of what you add in or take out. --Richard
Jul 21, 2023 06:15:20 #
JBRIII wrote:
Your photo looks very good. Filters such as yours ... (show quote)
Thank you very much. I did use my viewfinder and everything was very dark. Perhaps I should switch to live view. Gary
Jul 21, 2023 06:16:22 #
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Jul 21, 2023 06:25:22 #
profbowman wrote:
Your filer and set up looks like it takes a good p... (show quote)
I guess I never considered adding texture as a bad thing, I do that with most of my pictures. I was trying to duplicate something I saw posted in an article about the sun and the suns surface had a slight grainy looking texture. Thank you. Gary
Jul 21, 2023 09:20:05 #
That is what you wanted. Unlike many here, I am not much beyond a novice with cameras. But every seller of filters or articles on using such with cameras warn over and over and over about uses. As I understand it, some view finders have separate optics? so what the view finder shows isn't thru the camera lens so the filter does not affect the view finder and you look right at the sun and at the very least get a damaged eye. Your focus was very good compared to my never ending efforts so you did good. Filters always go over the end of the optics as you did. My brother-in-law used binoculars with solar glasses over his eyes, luckily he somehow caught it as the glasses started to melt, next stop his eyes.
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