Solar Eclipse at Sunset (photos)

Colorado CJ · 05-20-2012, 08:48 PM

I spent the day today out at the local lake with the family. I stayed late to photograph the 90% solar eclipse that happened later. I shot a huge amount of photos using a 9 stop ND filter and will soon turn them into a movie file. It was great as I could see the sun spots during the eclipse using just my Tair 3 300mm lens and that ND filter.

Later, during the end of the eclipse, I took off the filters and shot some solar eclipse sunsets.

Here is one of them.

Eclipse-at-Sunset by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Here are three images of the eclipse itself

Eclipse-at-Sunset-2 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Eclipse-at-Sunset-3 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Eclipse-at-Sunset-4 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

LemurPilot · 05-20-2012, 09:08 PM

That unfiltered shot with the birds is phenomenal, well done

Jeffy · 05-20-2012, 11:02 PM

Very impressive.

68deluxe · 05-21-2012, 04:29 AM

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

liquidsmile · 05-21-2012, 05:18 AM

Nice, us East Coaster's did not have a chance to see it. Cool pics!!

Colorado CJ · 05-21-2012, 06:07 AM

Thanks everyone! The landscape shot was very difficult to capture well. I had to fully stop down the aperture, and still had to use 1/2000 sec. at 100 ISO to not blow out the sun too much, which left not much detail in the foreground. I like the effect though.

If you look close, you can actually see the moons outline all the way around. I may try redoing the processing on this or another image to make that a little more prominent.

Colorado CJ · 05-22-2012, 05:28 AM

Here's another version of the first image above. A little more post processing was done to bring out the moon's disc that is slightly visible in the first version.

A few lens dust specs were also removed

Eclipse-at-Sunset-v2 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Yardstick · 05-23-2012, 07:55 AM

Very nice shots! I'm still working on mine, and probably will be for a while! My wife and I were in the mountains above Kanarraville, UT about 3.5 miles from the central line of the eclipse. We had two DSLR's going. One had a cheap Rokinon 800mm mirror lens, the other had a Tamron 28-75mm zoom with the focal length set at what I thought was 35mm (turned out to be 33mm

close enough!

). Each had a homemade Baader Astrosolar film filter attached. We took five bracketed Raw shots at five minute intervals up to annularity and then shot as fast as the cameras could recover for the annular stage, then back to five minute intervals after. The Astrosolar film gives a really neutral white color to the sun. This is slightly corrected from the camera's slight blueish tint:

SixOneGiraffe · 05-23-2012, 09:03 AM

Amazing photos Yardstick and Colorado CJ!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

Yardstick · 05-23-2012, 05:24 PM

Here is the other one I have been working on, shot at 33mm:

siyeh · 05-23-2012, 07:53 PM

great photos guys

rocker59 · 05-23-2012, 08:13 PM

Great photos, everyone!

I was at the office, so this is all I could muster out my 3rd floor window:

Magnifier (reading glasses), white paper, cell phone cam...

RLK · 05-23-2012, 08:24 PM

Thanks for sharing these.

All thanks to the Creator.

42 · 05-23-2012, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLK

Thanks for sharing these.

All thanks to the Creator.

Thank you Baldy.

Sniper X · 05-24-2012, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rocker59

Great photos, everyone!

I was at the office, so this is all I could muster out my 3rd floor window:

Magnifier (reading glasses), white paper, cell phone cam...

That is still pretty cool!

05-20-2012, 08:48 PM	#1
Colorado CJ ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Location: Loveland, CO Oddometer: 645	Solar Eclipse at Sunset (photos) I spent the day today out at the local lake with the family. I stayed late to photograph the 90% solar eclipse that happened later. I shot a huge amount of photos using a 9 stop ND filter and will soon turn them into a movie file. It was great as I could see the sun spots during the eclipse using just my Tair 3 300mm lens and that ND filter. Later, during the end of the eclipse, I took off the filters and shot some solar eclipse sunsets. Here is one of them. Eclipse-at-Sunset by Colorado CJ, on Flickr Here are three images of the eclipse itself Eclipse-at-Sunset-2 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr Eclipse-at-Sunset-3 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr Eclipse-at-Sunset-4 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr __________________ My Photography Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/ '80 GS 550L '09 DL650 '06 DR650

05-20-2012, 09:08 PM	#2
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05-20-2012, 11:02 PM	#3
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05-21-2012, 04:29 AM	#4
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05-21-2012, 06:07 AM	#6
Colorado CJ ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Location: Loveland, CO Oddometer: 645	Thanks everyone! The landscape shot was very difficult to capture well. I had to fully stop down the aperture, and still had to use 1/2000 sec. at 100 ISO to not blow out the sun too much, which left not much detail in the foreground. I like the effect though. If you look close, you can actually see the moons outline all the way around. I may try redoing the processing on this or another image to make that a little more prominent. __________________ My Photography Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/ '80 GS 550L '09 DL650 '06 DR650

05-21-2012, 05:18 AM	#5
liquidsmile Beastly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2007 Location: Woodstock, Ga Oddometer: 1,059	Nice, us East Coaster's did not have a chance to see it. Cool pics!!

05-22-2012, 05:28 AM	#7
Colorado CJ ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Location: Loveland, CO Oddometer: 645	Here's another version of the first image above. A little more post processing was done to bring out the moon's disc that is slightly visible in the first version. A few lens dust specs were also removed Eclipse-at-Sunset-v2 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr __________________ My Photography Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/ '80 GS 550L '09 DL650 '06 DR650

05-23-2012, 07:55 AM	#8
Yardstick Hydrophobic Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Chandler, Arizona Oddometer: 2,400	Very nice shots! I'm still working on mine, and probably will be for a while! My wife and I were in the mountains above Kanarraville, UT about 3.5 miles from the central line of the eclipse. We had two DSLR's going. One had a cheap Rokinon 800mm mirror lens, the other had a Tamron 28-75mm zoom with the focal length set at what I thought was 35mm (turned out to be 33mm close enough! ). Each had a homemade Baader Astrosolar film filter attached. We took five bracketed Raw shots at five minute intervals up to annularity and then shot as fast as the cameras could recover for the annular stage, then back to five minute intervals after. The Astrosolar film gives a really neutral white color to the sun. This is slightly corrected from the camera's slight blueish tint: __________________ 2011 KTM 990 Adventure R 2010 KTM 530 EXC 2009 KTM 950 Super Enduro Erzberg Edition

05-23-2012, 09:03 AM	#9
SixOneGiraffe Adventurer Joined: Apr 2012 Location: Metamora, MI Oddometer: 20	Amazing photos Yardstick and Colorado CJ!! Thanks for sharing!!!! __________________ _______________ Lis. 2008 KTM990

05-23-2012, 05:24 PM	#10
Yardstick Hydrophobic Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Chandler, Arizona Oddometer: 2,400	Here is the other one I have been working on, shot at 33mm: __________________ 2011 KTM 990 Adventure R 2010 KTM 530 EXC 2009 KTM 950 Super Enduro Erzberg Edition

05-23-2012, 07:53 PM	#11
siyeh Lawn Nazi Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Evansville, Wisconsin Oddometer: 1,077	great photos guys __________________ A little ride to Alaska A Phantom Ramble 18 days on a Versys

05-23-2012, 08:13 PM	#12
rocker59 diplomatico di moto Joined: Mar 2004 Location: The Trans-Mississippi Oddometer: 14,310	Great photos, everyone! I was at the office, so this is all I could muster out my 3rd floor window: Magnifier (reading glasses), white paper, cell phone cam... __________________ Rocker59 (aka guzzimike), Aux Arcs (NW Arkansas) Moto Guzzi: LeMans 1000 CI, Sport 1100, V11 LeMans Nero Corsa IBA #24873, MGNOC #21347 “Just keep playing, no matter how weird it gets.”

05-23-2012, 08:24 PM	#13
RLK 4,949 Joined: Nov 2004 Location: CSprings Oddometer: 5,998	Thanks for sharing these. All thanks to the Creator. __________________ It takes less time to do things the hard way than to be too nervous to even start at all. -Juanito on the Yahoo!

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