Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And here is what it looked like at 98% totality: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/166066046/large - Original to view largest. Composite of 4 photos. Leica SL, 560 Telyt Tina On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:45 PM, piers at hemy.org <piers.hemy at gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds like your daughter had the full-on real deal (as was to be > expected), but the twilight and temperature drop would have been almost as > good. And as for the shimmering light, that is the bit easily missed, in my > experience (I was too busy staring up at the sky)! > > There were no birds when I saw a total, just plenty of humans, but the > result was the same, complete, stunned silence! > > Piers > > On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 at 21:31, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > We had 98% totality. My daughter in Columbia was in the line of 100% > > totality and she had a totally different experience with 360 degree > sunset > > and night skies for just over 2 minutes. It never got totally dark here > > but was like twilight and temperature dropped dramatically. We had the > > weird shadows and shimmering light on the ground. Our birds made lots of > > noise but never went to roost. > > > > I'll post photos later of what the rim light looked like at 98%. > > > > Tina > > > > On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:27 PM, piers at hemy.org <piers.hemy at > > gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I agree with you, Tina, lots of atmosphere there, a more interesting > > image > > > than a simple disc, or half-eaten cookie. > > > > > > And what about the experience? Or were you not on the line of totality? > > > > > > Piers > > > > > > On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 at 20:58, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > PESO: > > > > > > > > We had a few clouds but they actually made the photos more > interesting! > > > > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/166065419 > > > > > > > > Leica SL, 560 Telyt, solar filter > > > > > > > > I'm just now downloading the rest. > > > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Tina Manley > > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > > > > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > > > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html