I'm excited to see it! Can anybody answer this question - How will the eclipse look if you're not in the "path"? Specifically just outside of the path, like in SW Colorado? I assume that it would look more like a crescent rather than the full covered disc... Any thoughts?
Cant answer your specific question Jack but a group of us are going to Shiprock on sunday after the spring fling...supposedly that is in the path. Several people have said that Shiprock should get most if not all of it.
NPS has a really neat map up online here that might give you some idea. Scroll down to the second map/image and click on it.
It should look like a red crescent, from what I'm interpreting -- of course, it may be so bright that it looks like a white crescent in an image. But you should see something, even as far north as Idaho, judging from their images.
I just got back from an overnight to Capital Reef, and have to work this Saturday and Monday, but I might head down to Bryce just to see the eclipse, even if I don't end up photographing it seriously.
What is the best way to photograph the event? I'm not in the path being up here in Northwest Wyoming, but whatever I get should be interesting. I haven't ventured into low light photography yet and don't know what to do for a situation like this.
Jack,
At the moment I'm trying to decide between Bryce and Cedar Breaks. Cedar Breaks should give more of a even ring (with the moon better centered), but costs me an extra hour of driving ... and I need to be teaching at 9:00am the next morning. So I could well go with Bryce instead. It's slightly crazy, since I'll be busy with school trip chaperoning the previous three days, but as a science teacher and photographer, I really want to see the "full" eclipse. I'll post here in the next day or two where I'm headed. I'm jealous of the people headed to Shiprock -- that strikes me as the best location I can think of.
Elaine,
The great thing about contemporary digital cameras is that it shouldn't be that hard to get something -- either use live view to get the exposure, or check your histogram and try again. Not like slides in the old days... I imagine we might have to double-expose for any landscape/foreground if we're not going for a simple silhouette.
And you should use a medium telephoto lens or better so the sun will be larger than simply a dot on your image.
I am also curious on how to do this and will practice with the late afternoon sun on Friday.
Well, I signed up to rent a 200-500 zoom from Lensrentals, so I'm headed somewhere, I guess... I know it won't be anything world-class, but I want to see and photograph what I can.
Rented a 400 from LensRentals. With the 1.4 and the 7D, got a max of about 900mm. But I'll probably use the 5Dm3 at 560. And I did build a Baader Astro film LEE Filter format out of 1/32" model airplane plywood frame. Ready as I'll ever be in Shiprock.
One note - since this eclipse swaths across several significant Navajo sites - Window Rock, Chinle / Canyon de Chelley, Page / Leechee, and so on, I was wondering what the atmosphere will be.. So I checked.... Eclipses are seriously bad omens to the Navajo - many will fully avoid being out or looking at it.
If you're still watching this post, I'm headed to Bryce. I'm just too tired to make the extra drive. If you're going to be there, and are interested in saying hi, drop me a line at
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NPS has a really neat map up online here that might give you some idea. Scroll down to the second map/image and click on it.
It should look like a red crescent, from what I'm interpreting -- of course, it may be so bright that it looks like a white crescent in an image. But you should see something, even as far north as Idaho, judging from their images.
I just got back from an overnight to Capital Reef, and have to work this Saturday and Monday, but I might head down to Bryce just to see the eclipse, even if I don't end up photographing it seriously.
At the moment I'm trying to decide between Bryce and Cedar Breaks. Cedar Breaks should give more of a even ring (with the moon better centered), but costs me an extra hour of driving ... and I need to be teaching at 9:00am the next morning. So I could well go with Bryce instead. It's slightly crazy, since I'll be busy with school trip chaperoning the previous three days, but as a science teacher and photographer, I really want to see the "full" eclipse. I'll post here in the next day or two where I'm headed. I'm jealous of the people headed to Shiprock -- that strikes me as the best location I can think of.
Elaine,
The great thing about contemporary digital cameras is that it shouldn't be that hard to get something -- either use live view to get the exposure, or check your histogram and try again. Not like slides in the old days... I imagine we might have to double-expose for any landscape/foreground if we're not going for a simple silhouette.
I am also curious on how to do this and will practice with the late afternoon sun on Friday.
Rented a 400 from LensRentals. With the 1.4 and the 7D, got a max of about 900mm. But I'll probably use the 5Dm3 at 560. And I did build a Baader Astro film LEE Filter format out of 1/32" model airplane plywood frame. Ready as I'll ever be in Shiprock.
One note - since this eclipse swaths across several significant Navajo sites - Window Rock, Chinle / Canyon de Chelley, Page / Leechee, and so on, I was wondering what the atmosphere will be.. So I checked.... Eclipses are seriously bad omens to the Navajo - many will fully avoid being out or looking at it.
If you're still watching this post, I'm headed to Bryce. I'm just too tired to make the extra drive. If you're going to be there, and are interested in saying hi, drop me a line at
trailrun at gmx dot com
and we'll try to exchange phone numbers.
Good luck, everyone!