Some Solar eclipse results. Did you properly use a ND Solar filter for the partialities and remove for the totality?
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gwilliams6 wrote:
Some Solar eclipse results. Did you properly use a ND Solar filter for the partialities and remove for the totality?
Excellent Work. But we expect it from you.😀 Cheers!
Apr 12, 2024 02:04:31 #
ReFlections wrote:
Excellent Work. But we expect it from you.😀 Cheers!
Thanks so much, Cheers
Apr 12, 2024 10:38:19 #
you got some good shots. Over here in Amarillo we only had 97 percent coverage and clouds. I shot a toatal a few years ago in Nebraska. Perfect weater, no clouds. I used a special eclipse filter that I order from an astronomy comapany in Arizona. I got perfect shots
Apr 12, 2024 12:20:43 #
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Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
Ed Commons wrote:
you got some good shots. Over here in Amarillo we only had 97 percent coverage and clouds. I shot a toatal a few years ago in Nebraska. Perfect weater, no clouds. I used a special eclipse filter that I order from an astronomy comapany in Arizona. I got perfect shots
Probably starazona
Apr 12, 2024 14:44:33 #
Because we received only partiality here in Houston and due to the varying cloud cover I went from no filter to a variable density filter to a 16 stop solar filter. It was like a three ring circus. A far cry from my detailed plan to capture the Diamond Ring had we been able to travel to central Texas for totality as previously planned. The ring was the only thing I missed with the 2017 eclipse. Maybe We can catch it in northern Spain in 2026.
Apr 12, 2024 14:49:16 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
You have to be very well planned to photograph the eclipse. I did 25 practice runs including when to change the camera battery. I had it so well planned that I watched the whole thing with my 7 x 50 binoculars
Apr 12, 2024 20:07:46 #
Ed Commons wrote:
you got some good shots. Over here in Amarillo we only had 97 percent coverage and clouds. I shot a toatal a few years ago in Nebraska. Perfect weater, no clouds. I used a special eclipse filter that I order from an astronomy comapany in Arizona. I got perfect shots
I understand.
Here in Grapevine, TX (near DFW airport) I battled clouds and haze all day, but got some timely breaks in the clouds and haze to be able to get my shots, thank goodness.
Cheers and best to you.
Apr 12, 2024 20:11:43 #
scallihan wrote:
Striking images. It must have been awesome to be there.
Thanks, yes it was an awesome experience, if a bit nerve-racking with changing settings, solar filter on for the partialities, and solar filter off for the totality, grapping focus, and changing camera/lens positioning as the sun and moon moved across the sky.
But ultimately well worth the efforts.
Cheers and best to you.
Apr 13, 2024 16:03:11 #
My wife asked me if I wanted to travel east to Ohio to shoot eclipse photos. I said i was not interested in getting 500 mm lens and a ND filter. So we stayed home in Fort wayne
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Apr 13, 2024 16:20:30 #
gwilliams6 wrote:
Some Solar eclipse results. Did you properly use a ND Solar filter for the partialities and remove for the totality?
During totality where I went (Concan, Texas) the sky was totally obscured by a combination of high overcast with Cumulus at about 3000 feet adding to the problems of getting photos.
I did, however use a Solar filter for some of the shots - others I took were at between f19 and f32 without a filter.
I shall be posting my results later.
Camera was Sony A7c using a Tamron 150-500mm lens.
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