Getting Ready For Tomorrow's Solar Eclipse!!!!!

in photography •  7 years ago 

Tomorrow a thin strip across the united states will be covered by the moon's shadow! We are JUST outside of this area by about 100 miles or so! Where we are, we will only receive about 97% of the totality of the Eclipse but i'm still going to try to take some pictures!!!

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Hopefully i can shut the sun down a notch or two with these 3 4X ND filters i've got!

We will see what happens I guess!

The last time I tried to take pictures of a (partial) Solar Eclipse I didn't have the 70-200mm lens I do now. I didn't have any filters of any kind!

I had a Canon 7D I believe and a Vintage Yashica 75-230mm f/4.5 M42 Mount Adapted to Canon.

This picture pushed the limits of the 7D!

With any luck i can get some pretty cool stuff tomorrow!!!

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Hi i just followed you and i upvoted your post i hope you do the same . Thank you

Can't wait to see some pictures!!!

wow, that's good without NDs... good luck, looking forward to the photos...

Thanks!!!! Coming to a steemit post near you ;)

Is that three filters on your lens lol, I have some filters but im contemplating even risking melting my sensor to get photo.. i should research more into this

Ha!! Yes its 3 nd filters!! Going to try to tone down the sun a little bit!!

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Good luck & have fun!

Going to try!

Great works, I wish you success

Thanks @shihabieee!!

Wow that is a big lens and filters. Excited to see how it turns out this time.

Ha! It's not even the expensive 70-200 @m31! Hope i get some good stuff! Partial eclipse starts in a couple hours!

I was hoping you would be doing this lol

Me? Neverrrr

Can't wait to see what you capture!

should be interesting! Now if i can just keep from looking at it while i'm taking pictures i'll be good ;)

Be careful. Remember to wear your glasses even taking the photos. Protect your eyes and gear!
If you were here in CoMo, I would smack you for trying to take pictures and not first hand enjoying it... but since you're further from the totality line, I expect some beautiful shots.

I got me some of them fancy glasses @wednesdaymiller ;) i will be enjoying it first hand and having some documentation ;)

Best of luck, i am sure those ND filters will be more than enough, couple with a fast shutter and slow aperture :) Can't wait to see the results as 97% is pretty much all of it :) You are lucky to be in that location and lets hope the day is clear for you mate.

Yeah from what i understand ONE should be enough!! But if you have 3 you might as well try to use them right?

Sure, why not :) You can open up aperture and try to get a nice bokeh on that eclipse lol