Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very well captured, Peter. And very well stated. Your reaction was like mine, as I tried to express in my post of earlier this morning. ?howard > On Aug 23, 2017, at 3:46 AM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at > gmail.com> wrote: > > As I mentioned earlier, I did not attempt to photograph the total solar > eclipse seriously--I was more interested in seeing it than messing with a > camera. But I did devote a few seconds to taking a quick record shot with > a pre-set camera. I used a 28mm-equivalent lens, which was needed to show > both the eclipsed sun and the earth below. For the best view, set your > browser to full screen, then click on the photo to enlarge. > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/36750483415/in/dateposted-public/> > > This picture will give you some idea of the context, how the sky and > surroundings looked relative to each other, as I saw it. As it's a wide > angle shot, the eclipsed sun is much smaller than it appeared to the naked > eye. What you can't see is the incredible, intricate detail of totality: > red solar prominences, the inner corona, the faint, ghostly outer corona > with three brighter lines streaming off into space for several solar > diameters, and the moon faintly illuminated by earthshine, its features > just barely visible. Not to mention the planet Venus and the brighter > stars clearly visible. > > Each of these things would require a separate exposure, as the total > dynamic range of the various features is greater than a camera can record > simultaneously. The typical eclipse photos that show a black moon with a > thin corona are misleading. The only photos that show anything like what > I saw are digital composites of multiple exposures. And even they often > miss one feature or another. Google "solar eclipse composite" and you'll > see what I mean. > > I took this shot shortly after the beginning of totality. Then I did a > quick 360 degree turn to look at sunset-like colors around the horizon > (you can see a little of that in the photo). I glanced quickly at the > stars when my wife exclaimed that she could see them. Then I watched the > eclipsed sun through a pair of 7x35 binoculars. > > None of the above conveys the emotions of what I saw. I've never seen > anything like it before. As to what I felt, it was like the first time I > heard Mahler's Second Symphony. > > --Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information