Ridiculous eclipse shots

Brilliant pics Diane,eddie,

You're VERY generous, Eddie - thanks!

A magical moment anyway, Diane ! The next time we can see an occasion like this in Europe is 2081. and so I'll have no chance to try to capture this an see what happens. Good Morning and many greetings !
Ulrich

The next one above the US is 2024, but it's in the eastern part of the country. So, I'll miss that one. I'm not so obsessed with them that I'll go that far, even if I'm alive in 7 years! ;-b

Thank you so much, Ulrich!

I say the focus was getting confused.

You get another try in 2024 !

Highly possible, Pam! Focus is easily confused anyway, my camera is just mediocre, at best. Thank you, Pam!

Anyway, it looks very atmospheric! When we had a total eclipse (years ago) it rained....

Thanks, Gudrun - at least it's obvious that something strange was going on!

at least you saw it, we here in Europe didn, t

I think it is overexposed

Ko, that's entirely possible. I really needed a filter for my camera, as well as for my eyes! I'm jealous of all the people who had telescopes and were able to see the space station in front of the sun! Amazing...

Well, the colours are great, even if it's not as you intended, Dianne. :-)

Haha - that is true, and after all, at least I have a record of it! Thank you, tiabunna.

Everythings better than Trump did Diane ;) A tough president...without sunglasses!.....!!!!!!

Oh yeah, he and Putin, big tough guys. At least ours doesn't take his shirt off - aaarrrggghhhhhh! Horrible thought! Danke, Tanja.

OHhhhhhhh.....it´s not possible for him Diane..he would loose his toupet ;)))
I guess he sleeps in his suit ;) Sleep well...I go to work now ;) bye!

Hahahaaa! I am certain he sleeps in his suit. That's why they are so baggy.

As with Gudrun (the same eclipse?), we had a full one in August 1999 and I went to Cornwall with some friends, one of whom had a big telescope. It was a fabulously sunny week
... except for the day in question when it was blanket cloud cover! :o(
Your shots are interesting! As are your notes - I can't help I'm afraid.
But at least you saw it!! :o)

Bummer! Too bad you missed out on the telescope, especially! Indeed, it was a big treat. Even though we weren't in the "path of totality" (good title for a novel), it was still good. A couple of million people came to Oregon from afar and some had to sleep outside in the dirt beside a road.

Thank you, Andy!

I saw it on TV this morning Diane. I found it very eerie when it happened here! The birds did not like it at all!!

Oh, right - I forgot to notice about the birds! I did notice the temperature getting much lower quite suddenly. That was eerie, too. Thank you, Rosa!

My guess: The sun was still bright enough that the light flared out, obscuring the indention of the moon. You can still sort of see the indention, though. It's a cool shot.

My parents live about 30 miles outside the path of totality in Kentucky, so I've been thinking about this eclipse since I first heard it was coming about 20 years ago. I lucked out on the weather and got some decent shots (they're over at my flickr account), but nothing I could photograph could come close to the experience. 2024 comes even close to my parents' house, and I'm already itching to see it.

That's kind of what I was thinking, without knowing how to put it. Even at only 3% sunshine at max eclipse over this location, that's still a lot of light. I fooled around with the image more and if I darken it WAY down, the little black "bite" out of it is slightly more visible. Oh yes, you've got one coming up that I'll miss! Thank you, Clint!

I agree with Clint, it was an overexposure. I snuck into the path of totallity and did the same thing you did - special glasses over the lens. I managed to have a second, after one or two overexposures, to force my camera to take a "really dark" exposure, and got a bit of the moon over the sun. Don't have time today to upload it, but will over the weekend probably.

I had seen the 1979 total eclipse, but had forgotten about the temperature drop (were you in totallity? so glad you saw the eclipse!). Everyone was putting on jackets and sweaters! I really loved the eclipse, even though this time I was so close to the edge of totallity that we only saw about 10-15 secs of complete out. It puts me in a awe struck from of mind. We rely so heavily on that star of ours. It is quite humbling.

Oh yes, I feel the same humility with all things astronomical and have since childhood, lying in my sleeping bag in the backyard on summer nights.

Our max. was 97%, which left more light than I had imagined (see photo "eclipse dog"). I was hoping to see a couple of stars, at least! It was chilling enough to be rubbing my arms - such a bizarre feeling on an otherwise hot day!

But isn't it an awesome light?

Yes, the color of 24 carat gold!

Yours were much more accomplished than mine, Diane. Mine could be mistaken for a back porch light. Seriously. I reduced the ISO all I was able, and pushed it digitally to -2, but still had ring around the corona. ;)

Hahaha! Mine did too, until I darkened exposure - a lot - in editing. Thanks, Smiley!

You were too far away.