[Leica] Eclipse from Sumper, OR

[leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram)]

Maybe the destroyed the picture when you flashed them.  Ha.

That is a better shot of the comet than I ever got.  I had been looking 
forward to that event ever since my grade school days.  I was of course the 
science geek.  It was disapointing especially when compared to the 1910 
photos I had been seeing all my life.  I would love to see a great comet 
before I go of the the skies.

Aram

-----Original Message----- 
From: Nathan Wajsman
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 10:24 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Eclipse from Sumper, OR

They certainly are excellent! I look forward to images of your fellow 
watchers.

When Halleys comet passed in 1986, I spent a couple of nights trying to get 
usable images without much luck. We lived in north central Florida at the 
time, and one popular place to go was Paynes Prairie, a nature reserve 
(swamp) about 20 miles south of Gainesville, where there is an elevated 
wooden walkway and a platform, normally used during the day to look down on 
the alligators in the swamp, but on this occasion useful for setting up 
cameras on tripod. There were perhaps 10-12 other photographers there. The 
whole thing was somewhat disappointing; the best image I could get was this:

http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Stuff-from-the-20th-century/i-Fm3jcp3/A

But by far the most fun image was when I put a flash on the camera, turned 
around and snapped a shot of the other people. It was pitch dark, so they 
got momentarily blinded by my flash and started yelling at me. Sadly, I 
cannot find this image now.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 25 Aug 2017, at 02:20, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just got back from our trip south to see the eclipse.  We went to Sumpter, 
> Oregon, avoided all the crowds, had perfect weather and enjoyed my second 
> eclipse of the sun, though it was too short.
>
> OK.  Might as well just get the big three out of the way.  No teasers. 
> View large, please.....
>
> Here is the diamond ring effect just before totality.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/E/Sumpter+Eclipes+Diamond+Ring-4933.jpg.html
>
> totality with the filter still on so you can see the prominences from the 
> sun?s surface.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/E/Sumpter+Eclipes+Totality-4934.jpg.html
>
> Filter off so the corona shows up.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/E/Sumpter+Eclipes+Totality-4937.jpg.html
>
> More to come, but they will be less interesting as far as an eclipse, but 
> maybe some good people shots.
>
> I confess I have not read my digests from when I was gone, so hope these 
> stand up to everyone else who shot and posted.
>
> Comments welcome
>
> Aram
>
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
>
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