Total Solar Eclipse Photos - April 8, 2024

[GvilleRick]

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.

• 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.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Very cool!

 

[iamdlewis]

Thanks for looking and please feel free to post your shots here. I'd love to see them.

I posted mine in the School Me thread. I was the DFW area and ended up in McKinney, TX after my group did a lot of checking weather/cloud reports. We had a mix of sun/clouds leading up to totality and then got like a 7 min opening just before totality. After totality we had a long period of clouds till it was like 20% covered so didn't bother with any post totality shots. I would love to experience totality again.

 

[Tim Mayo]

Awesome shots Rick!

 

[DaveC Oz]

Great shots, and great that you took the time to enjoy it with family and not just through the viewfinder.

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

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.

Superb pics. For a cloudy day, you were very lucky to get this much. I quite like the "look" that the clouds are giving in some pics.

You did vastly better than I did in England, 2000-something. That was nothing but cloud.

 

[GvilleRick]

Composite of images from the eclipse.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

wow, I really feel like I missed out. I guess I have until 2045 to practice

 

[iamdlewis]

wow, I really feel like I missed out. I guess I have until 2045 to practice

I might start saving up for a July 22 2028 in AUS. Totality is something worth experiencing and that one will be 5+ mins. Also I think I can do better with my shots.

 

[DaveC Oz]

I might start saving up for a July 22 2028 in AUS. Totality is something worth experiencing and that one will be 5+ mins. Also I think I can do better with my shots.

I'm starting to do a bit of planning for that one as well. It will be a long road trip, but I think worth it.

 

[Richard A]

I'm starting to do a bit of planning for that one as well. It will be a long road trip, but I think worth it.

So am I. Unfortunately, most of the area it crosses is very remote and very inhospitable.