Photographing the solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
Sep 13, 2022 08:42:32 #
Next year will possibly be the best chance most Americans alive today will ever have of seeing a total eclipse of the sun. It will be visible through a huge swath of the Southwest - where the weather in October is often clear and "sunny". Large cities such as San Anotnio and Albuquerque will be plunged into darkness - for a few minutes anyway. The relative location of the moon is expected to create a "ring of fire" effect during this eclipse.
Location of the eclipse: http://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/october-14-2023
A guide from "Mr. Eclipse" on photographing a solar eclipse: http://mreclipse.com/SEphoto/SEphoto.html
I am looking forward to it. The paths of some of the past few eclipses visible in the US have been in areas and seasons with high expectations of bad weather which have ended up dampening the event.
Location of the eclipse: http://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/october-14-2023
A guide from "Mr. Eclipse" on photographing a solar eclipse: http://mreclipse.com/SEphoto/SEphoto.html
I am looking forward to it. The paths of some of the past few eclipses visible in the US have been in areas and seasons with high expectations of bad weather which have ended up dampening the event.
Sep 13, 2022 09:07:25 #
sb wrote:
Next year will possibly be the best chance most Am... (show quote)
I'm too far away and am right at the Pacific Ocean in CA where it is cloudy and overcast most days to see astronomical events. But I have a friend in NM who lives close to the path and can travel a few miles to be right in the path of the eclipse. I'll let him know. Thanks.
Sep 13, 2022 09:14:57 #
I went from California to South Carolina to photograph the 2017 Solar Eclipse. Spent the night sleeping in my rent-a-car on a Blue Berry farm sweating, being bit by mosquitos the size of helicopters. Once the sun came up we had rain clouds threatening to cover the event. About 5 minutes before the event, the clouds parted. We soon we're experiencing the total solar eclipse. What an errie moment when it turned dark in the middle of the day. It was the most spectacular thing I ever experienced. I'll be heading to Cleveland for the next one.
Sep 13, 2022 09:38:44 #
Sep 13, 2022 09:52:56 #
Read carefully! This is not a total eclipse, it is an annular eclipse meaning there will be a ring around the sun during the darkest part of the eclipse. The moon will not cover the entire sun so glasses and filters are necessary. The next total eclipse is in 2024.
Sep 13, 2022 10:02:33 #
Keny,
Thanks!
I studied photographing solar eclipses for a week before I left. Once I found my spot to shoot from I kept testing my camera and making sure the settings were right. I was a nervous wreck until I checked my images and saw the first image of totality.
Thanks!
I studied photographing solar eclipses for a week before I left. Once I found my spot to shoot from I kept testing my camera and making sure the settings were right. I was a nervous wreck until I checked my images and saw the first image of totality.
Sep 13, 2022 10:05:00 #
The next solar eclipses in the United States will be the Annular Solar Eclipse on October 14, 2023 and the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024! The annular solar eclipse of 2023 crosses the US from Oregon to Texas.
Sep 13, 2022 12:51:43 #
We had one here back in 2017. I set up my bridge camera, an SX50 HS on a tripod. I got this shot, among others. Yes, it is cropped a little. I still can't explain how the camera got to an EC of -3.
Sep 13, 2022 13:05:13 #
KenY
Loc: Glenside, Pa
coolhanduke wrote:
Keny,
Thanks!
I studied photographing solar eclipses for a week before I left. Once I found my spot to shoot from I kept testing my camera and making sure the settings were right. I was a nervous wreck until I checked my images and saw the first image of totality.
Thanks!
I studied photographing solar eclipses for a week before I left. Once I found my spot to shoot from I kept testing my camera and making sure the settings were right. I was a nervous wreck until I checked my images and saw the first image of totality.
John, please tell us what equipment you used and the settings.
Ken
Sep 13, 2022 16:13:30 #
I figured that NASA could regularly take better pictures of the sun than I could, so in 2017 I went to a college campus where I could focus on observers. I will probably repeat that for future eclipses.
Sep 13, 2022 16:40:21 #
coolhanduke wrote:
I went from California to South Carolina to photog... (show quote)
The October 2023 eclipse is an annular eclipse, not a total eclipse. The April 8, 2024 is a total eclipse. I am tempted to drive east to photograph that eclipse, but will probably stay in the west due to weather concerns. For the 2017 solar eclipse, a Canadian meteorologist crunched the numbers and plotted the probability of clear skies along the path of totality.
Sep 13, 2022 17:34:14 #
sb wrote:
Next year will possibly be the best chance most Am... (show quote)
I don't remember precisely which total eclipse this was but a few years ago the totality path went tight through the farmland of a friend of mine on Missouri. It is away from city lights as well so it should have been the perfect spot. But so while she and her family and some friends and neighbors sat in their yards the sky was overcast and they vaguely got to see any of the eclipse but for a few short moments. As I recall the best opertunities of viewing was in Oregon and in Georgia or something like that.
Sep 13, 2022 18:01:02 #
KenY wrote:
John, please tell us what equipment you used and the settings.
Ken
Ken
Ken,
Be glad to share that information with you.
See attached image of my camera settings. Good thing I checked, I would have told you I Used my D850 and not my D810.
I also used a solar filter of course.
Let me know if you would like any other information.
The location I photographed it was the last place on the continental U.S. it was observed and dead center of the path. So we had a very long eclipse. I think it was over 2 1/2 minutes.
John
Sep 13, 2022 18:04:31 #
A friend of mine lives in Oregon and they had clear observation.
This map shows the path along the southern border. As I mentioned, we had cloud cover until right before the eclipse. A thunderstorm hit us right after it was over.
This map shows the path along the southern border. As I mentioned, we had cloud cover until right before the eclipse. A thunderstorm hit us right after it was over.
Sep 13, 2022 18:05:25 #
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