This advice alone is worth the price of subscription to UHH.
I use virtual copies all the time and never discovered this tool.

Although I don’t use Elements or PS much, I find it way easier to use Sky Replacement in PS instead.

I get a lot of prints on metal with high gloss from Bay Photo. First I order smaller prints on paper, one color corrected and one not color corrected. I bump up the exposure a bit because the print job tends to look darker than my calibrated monitor even with Bay Photo’s color profile loaded in. I prefer square corners and I get the floating back.

I agree with the others. Over exposed,SS too low, out of focus.

I used a Nikon D850. 500 mm lens. On a tripod with a gimbal. RAW. Pre-focused on distant edges with autofocus, then switched to lens and camera in M. Used live view only. As soon as it started I used the + button to zoom in on the image and further fine tune the focus on the edge of the sun using focus ring the lens.
Used a Thousand Oaks easy to remove solar filter. Took it off 40 seconds before totality. Used Gorden Telepuns Solar Eclipse App during the eclipse and his ebook to study from before hand.
Initial SS speeds were f/8, 1/200 to 1/400, ISO 100-200.
Went up to 1/1000 for DR and BB.

Yes. I used the Thousand Oaks Film Solar Filter. Took it on and off during the clouds when almost totality and off for our amazing two minutes of totality and clear sky’s near you in Frisco Texas in the backyard.

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Yes I did that also

That darn little QUAL on the top left. It’s a killer.

Next time.

I am thinking that your SS was too high. Your LED light may have been set to very bright and that’s why it looked ok on live view.
I meant to bracket and forgot. I just raised the iso until I could see stuff and did continuous high.

Can you give more info—camera, lens, settings, etc

Shot in RAW Manual. Increased the temperature setting to warm in LR.

I don’t know. I used live view also, took solar filter off, I think it was very dark and I pushed the ISO up until I saw the sun in totality. My settings turned out to be f/8, 1/200, ISO 2000. Nikon D850 with 500PF.
During totality I planned to set SS at 1/25 and bracket from 1/1600 to 2 seconds and merge the best shots. I forgot to turn on the bracket. When I remembered in a rush I couldn’t make it happen so I just stayed with the above settings and took some noise out in LR.

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In one of the few spots north of Dallas that afforded some very good photo ops amid the clouds. The sky parted like the Red Sea and we were treated to an awesome totality. Got some good pics and I am relieved and happy.

I am coming to Frisco near Dallas. Arriving Saturday. Hoping for some sun.

I have the Cotton Carrier vest and I carry the Nikon D850 and the 500 PF. The nub for the holder is on the tripod foot and I turn the camera and carry it parallel to the ground rather than pointing to the ground.