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Here are a few of the photos I got of the eclipse from Monday. We travelled to Killeen, Texas to visit family and see the eclipse. I had everything set up hoping for clear skies but didn't get some of the shots I hoped to get due to cloudy conditions. I had to be content to shoot when it was possible rather than evenly space shots out and didn't get the diamond ring shots this time.
Just a minute or so before 1st contact you can see how cloudy it was.
I did get a photo of 1st contact as the clouds cleared enough. You can see the slight indention on the right side of the sun. This shot is one that I adjusted in Lightroom to approximate the look through solar film rather than the filter I was using that results in the sun being white.
A little later.
Just as totality started the clouds cleared. This shot shows the prominences pretty well.
I took bracketed shots and combined them in Photoshop to get this shot of totality and the corona. I had planned to also do a similar stack of photos at f16 or higher to try and get the start beam shots I've seen. After the first set of photos I wanted to just take it in with my family and was able to do that. About the time I was ready to take the next set at the higher aperture the clouds covered it and I wasn't able to get more shots.
I was able to get many more shots after totality since the clouds cleared more.
Just before final contact.
Thanks for looking and please feel free to post your shots here. I'd love to see them.
Just a minute or so before 1st contact you can see how cloudy it was.
- ILCE-7RM5
- FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
- 24.0 mm
- ƒ/5.6
- 1/1250 sec
- ISO 100
I did get a photo of 1st contact as the clouds cleared enough. You can see the slight indention on the right side of the sun. This shot is one that I adjusted in Lightroom to approximate the look through solar film rather than the filter I was using that results in the sun being white.
- ILCE-7RM5
- FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
- 560.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/500 sec
- ISO 400
A little later.
- ILCE-7RM5
- FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
- 560.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/800 sec
- ISO 320
- ILCE-7RM5
- FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
- 560.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/800 sec
- ISO 320
Just as totality started the clouds cleared. This shot shows the prominences pretty well.
- ILCE-7RM5
- FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
- 560.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/800 sec
- ISO 320
I took bracketed shots and combined them in Photoshop to get this shot of totality and the corona. I had planned to also do a similar stack of photos at f16 or higher to try and get the start beam shots I've seen. After the first set of photos I wanted to just take it in with my family and was able to do that. About the time I was ready to take the next set at the higher aperture the clouds covered it and I wasn't able to get more shots.
I was able to get many more shots after totality since the clouds cleared more.
- ILCE-7RM5
- FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
- 400.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/500 sec
- ISO 100
Just before final contact.
- ILCE-7RM5
- FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
- 560.0 mm
- ƒ/25
- 1/5000 sec
- ISO 125
Thanks for looking and please feel free to post your shots here. I'd love to see them.