Re: Solar eclipse on August 21 - photography ideas?
Photographing the corona isn't really that interesting. Technical registration rather than Art. More interesting with the Northern/Southern lights in colour or electrical storms.
Now photographing buildings, woodlands etc in that special light is interesting.
Re: Solar eclipse on August 21 - photography ideas?
Well, it ain't rocket science:
http://spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo_sit...0420_large.jpg
Shot on Velvia 50.
Thomas
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JPL posted an eclipse-simulator app that shows the expected effect of the eclipse in various US locales https://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/eyes-on-eclipse-web-app.html#
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Re: Solar eclipse on August 21 - photography ideas?
Looked today and the sun is so high in the sky at the eclipse time I probably can't do any kind of foreground other than maybe the tops of some trees. I knew it was going to be high but I hadn't really looked. Well at least I'll be able to see totality.
I used a couple of fully developed 4x5 TMX sheets in front of my Pentax 67 with 500mm lens and a WLF/hood to check the results. Seems to be more than enough for indirect viewing.
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Re: Solar eclipse on August 21 - photography ideas?
Nice!!! It picked up the sunspots... Great you got the scope together!!!
My telescope rig was in storage from the move a few weeks ago... Started first to find the solar filter, then scope, tripod, mount, electronics + battery packs, but found the mount, the OTA, but no filter and tripod, so used binocs mounted on a tripod projecting onto a white paper 3 feet away... It enlarged it to about 1 1/4" dia, and I could see the row of 3 sunspots and the filaments between... Then I grabbed a 35mm SLR with a 400mm lens + 5.0 ND filter and shot some medium speed B/W handheld... I don't expect much, just going through the motions from habit... A surprising break in the LA marine layer, and the sky was clear, it always figures it's always good when the scope is not set up... The last one I shot was early last decade that was about 90%, but this was OK, too...
Good shot!!! Next, prepare for the zombie apocalypse tonight...
Steve K
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I anticipated the possibility of photographing some reflections of the near totally eclipsed sun and sized some papers for carbon transfer printing for sun hardening and put them on a line at a slight angle to the sun. Very near the time of total eclipse I capture the attached image on two of the sheets of paper, with the sun light filtered by the leaves of an over hanging tree.
As you can see, the shape of the reflections is similar to the ellipse of the sun as covered by the moon. I read about this but seeing the result with such an unusual event, and being able to photograph it, was an incredibly exciting experience.
Sandy
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From my location it was like post #35 above. I don't have any long lenses, so I did a pinhole on my 8x10 camera. I racked the bellows all the way out. Bracketed 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 seconds. You can see my Cheerios 'spotting scope' and shoebox lid shutter.
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I anticipated the possibility of photographing some reflections of the near totally eclipsed sun and sized some papers for carbon transfer printing for sun hardening and put them on a line at a slight angle to the sun. Very near the time of total eclipse I capture the attached image on two of the sheets of paper, with the sun light filtered by the leaves of an over hanging tree.
As you can see, the shape of the reflections is similar to the ellipse of the sun as covered by the moon. I read about this but seeing the result with such an unusual event, and being able to photograph it, was an incredibly exciting experience.
Sandy
Just brilliant Sandy!
Re: Solar eclipse on August 21 - photography ideas?