dimlight65 Posted October 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2023 (edited) So I was trying to decide which post to put my 2023 "Morning After Chili Night"... no, wait... that's not it... 2023 "Ring of Fire" eclipse pictures in. I decided this is the one for no other reason than I haven't posted here very much. So, without further ado... First I tried to just take a picture (with unsurprisingly bad results [Edit! I just saw the image of the eclipse in the lens flare!])... Then I thought, "What about the privacy tint on the Dajiban's back window?" (More unsurprising results)... Fine! I'll make a pinhole camera (surprisingly good results with bad phone cam focus however)... Then I remembered I have one of these... OH man! That worked a treat! I leaned against a car and watched for several minutes before attempting a picture through the helmet. But I forgot to turn off the flash leading to... Unsurprisingly bad results. But with the flash off, I finally got a decent enough (for me at least) picture. Hopefully John, who traveled to the path of totality, got some better shots. Edited October 15, 2023 by dimlight65 Lens flare! I'm like Jar Jar Abrams! 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 10/14/2023 at 10:48 PM, dimlight65 said: Hopefully John, who traveled to the path of totality, got some better shots. Nope. Took too long to figure out how to get a decent shot of it, and since I didn't even start trying until the moment of occlusion... 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 Genius using self darkening helmet! I was on my morning walk and the clouds parted just as I got to a couple who had the darkened glasses, so I saw the same as above. I'm near 50 degrees latitude on Vancouver Island. Within a minute the clouds rolled back in and it was all over. Last one here was 7-8 years ago when I was at work. Perfect conditions. The light was dimmed and weird. The light through gaps in the tree leaves worked like a pin hole camera and there were hundreds of half moons on the ground! 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted October 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 8 hours ago, datzenmike said: The light through gaps in the tree leaves worked like a pin hole camera and there were hundreds of half moons on the ground! That was what we saw in 2018(?) as well. Pretty freaky. Quote Link to comment
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