1. astrophotography

Total Solar Eclipse 2017

This was my first time seeing and photographing a total solar eclipse. I drove up to Madras, Oregon to experience the event. Coming in was not too bad but going out was a total nightmare. Some people tried to leave right after totality but encountered gridlock. My friends and I waited out about 1.5 hours but still it was very bad. It took me five hours to drive from Madras to Bend( 40 miles).. And got even worse going south of Bend on highway 97.
There is a video of me. Just watch the beginning where you can hear the crowd's reaction to the totality and you can see the darkness prevail.
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  • this is from Walmart
  • very cool T-shirt given to me<br />
I wore it on the big day in Madras, OR.
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  • the Moon started to block the Sun
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  • Inner corona shot with prominence ( a stream of incandescent gas projecting above the sun's chromosphere. )<br />
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This is totality
  • I kept my standard settings and got a decent shot. this is single exposure
  • This is a composite shot ( inner, outer and everything in between)<br />
It is impossible to capture the entire corona in one single shot; the dynamic range is too wide for any camera ( digital or film ) to record. Note: you can see the prominence.
  • same shot but cropped; please note  the prominence<br />
Next time, I will invest in a tracker which will allow me to  do shutter speeds  from 1/15 to 2 sec. Why? to capture the outer most of the corona.<br />
I was able to go down to 1/30 sec then I bracketed by increasing the ISO. Bad idea- do not do this; will blow out the sky( black to blue) and will really blow out the corona.
  • totality is over as the Moon is moving
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