Solar eclipse

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 22, 20151,545 views14 comments

This is one of the two sequences that I made during the solar eclipse last Friday. Things started with a clear sky, but literally the minute the eclipse started, clouds started forming.... So I had to adjust the exposure time the whole time on both cameras to compensate for the clouds. And my strict schedule of taking a photo every 5 minutes also didn't really work out, haha. Murphy's law! But in the end, it worked out, so I am happy.

ISO 100, 24 mm, ND 10 filter:
- One picture at 1s + f/14 and one at 3s + f/14 for the landscape and sky.
- 36 pictures at f/18 and everything between 1/4000s - 1/40s for the suns. Unfortunately I had to copy one partially eclipsed sun from the left side and rotate and past it in the right side, because of the clouds not letting me take a picture of that particular phase.

C&C welcome, especially regarding colors, since I am a bit struggling with those. Large version is included!

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 22, 2015 at 9:26 AM

Roel: What a cool concept very nicely executed. I've seen many images of lunar eclipses but can't recall a solar sequence. Very nicely done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on March 22, 2015 at 9:30 AM

Very well captured. I would perhaps try for more definition in the left among the foliage which appears like a mass of dark tones at the moment.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 22, 2015 at 10:12 AM

I'd say this came out great, Roel. Very well planned and executed. The starburst of sun and the details in the snow add well to the story here.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on March 22, 2015 at 12:07 PM

You certainly had better skies than us in the UK Roel. I like the finished product here, I would try lightening up the shadow areas though as Kah Kit has suggested.

I went the other route and opted for a long lens due to the cloud in the UK.

Cheers, Gary.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on March 22, 2015 at 2:51 PM

You did a good job on this one. Good capture. Well executed

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on March 22, 2015 at 3:20 PM

Dig it. Nice job with the processing.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on March 22, 2015 at 3:36 PM

Well done, technically, and very interesting and instructive. Regarding colors, there seems a cast (slight magenta) on the snow, and uneven brightness across the sky (polarizer effect?) but that's not the point here for me.

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Comment posted by John Williams on March 22, 2015 at 8:53 PM

I love what you did with the sunburst followed by the trail of the eclipse! I agree about the magenta, otherwise the color looks pretty good.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 23, 2015 at 10:01 AM

How fun! I like how this tells a story starting with the bright sunstar.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on March 23, 2015 at 12:20 PM

A very cool concept Roel and a nice job putting it together. Nice job on this.

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on March 23, 2015 at 12:20 PM

This is truly great, Roel - I can't find anything to be improved

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 23, 2015 at 2:07 PM

What a great idea! Combining the bright sun-burst with the eclipse sequence tells the story well. I think the stark, contrast and slightly dark exposure is a perfect match to convey the idea of the darkness created by the eclipse.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on March 24, 2015 at 1:26 AM

Very unique, Roel. I like the image as posted but a bit more dynamic foreground would have put it over the top.

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Comment posted by Grant Collier on March 25, 2015 at 6:01 PM

This was really well executed and I can imagine it was no easy task. I agree that maybe a better foreground would have helped, but it still very good as is.

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