But there was a partial solar eclipse visible here in southern California this past weekend so I tried to get a few photos of that. Fortunately, clouds were rolling in off the ocean in early evening (normal for this time of year) so I didn't need any eye protection. Still, I refrained from looking at the sun directly, and looked at the edge of the viewfinder while focusing on the sun.
It didn't turn out too badly:
Since I was using the spot meter the camera made silhouettes out of everything.
One method that was suggested to use to watch the eclipse was to use a white background and binoculars or a telescope to project the sun's image onto the background. I didn't have a white backdrop handy, so I had Gayle hold our binoculars and used Sadie as the backdrop:
Sadie was a little confused about why I was having her stand still on the front lawn as I snapped a few frames.
Very cool. We didn't get to see it on the East Coast. Bet Sadie thought she was getting an eclipse tattoo :)
ReplyDeleteyou've probably seen pictures taken of the eclipse by people who live where the eclipse was visible at sunset. wow...those are some cool pictures.
DeleteThat is very cool! We didn't get to see it here, either, but I'm so glad you went out and got cool pictures of it!
ReplyDeleteit might have been one of those times i wished i lived in new mexico or texas: maximum coverage of the sun was right around sunset. take a look at spaceweather.com's eclipse gallery or at astronomy picture of the day's website.
DeleteThat is awesome!
ReplyDeletedesperate times require desperate measures. sadie had to stand there for nearly a minute while i tried taking a few shots. she was a good sport.
DeleteI live in a vacuum, I didn't even know there was a solar eclipse:( Love your photos of it. Sadie makes a good backdrop in an emergency:)
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