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I figured someone would already have a thread going on this.

Living near the -119 degree longitude line, last night's eclipse was well underway before the event lifted above our horizon. Cookie got several good shots, while I was unable to get through the various aspects of manual shooting in the dark. Seemed to take a variety of exposure manipulations as things progressed. Guess I should have brought the instruction book and a flashlight. Here's the event as we saw it from Wrights Point south of Burns/Hines, Or.

Canon 500 meshed with a 1.4 extender with sustained ISO 100 and F 5.6 at 1/60 sec. Looking through a lot of atmosphere on these initial shots.


A little higher 1/25 sec


Getting into the blood phase. 1/6 sec


Starting to recover 1/5 sec


1/200 sec


And pretty well back 1/640

Very nice.

very cool.

It was a struggle for us last night, focus was "a bish".

I really like that first shot.

Ominous.





Here are a couple from our attempts.






These help make Cookie's shots look even better. lol.

Very noice, folks.

Rained like carazy last night here.

Cookie done good! Nice captures Dave. It rained all night here. Started last Thursday, hasn't stopped yet.

Thanks for the comments and contributions. An interesting event given all the aspects that have to come together. With no understanding of the factors, one can see how fearful those in our early history must have been. I wonder what Jupiter is like with 4 large moons and 60 or so smaller ones?

Oct of 2014 on a deer outing, I was sleeping in the desert beneath the stars and a very bright full moon and roused for a 02:00 bladder break. The moon was gone, but all the stars were still there! In a few seconds a small sliver appeared, and I got things figured out. Still a little unnerving. Usually, I keep track of things like that, but that one got by me.

I totally understand the frustrations of those under clouds and rain. I've been directly beneath 3 total solar events in my life and not seen a single one.

Have a good one,

Nikon D810, Tamron 150-600 @ 550mm, f/6.3, ISO 2500, 0.8sec. spot metered on the moon.

1' Cookie's shots look good. Gotta like a prime for sharpness. I like the land in her first image for perspective.

Dave- Did you try manual focusing in live view? I could also easily focus with AF if the focus point was on the lit edge of the moon. There sure were a lot of people out viewing the eclipse here. I was going to join a friend at a park, but he said there were 200 cars there. No thanks for the zoo.

RedRabbit: We were thinking of you wishing we had a slightly more shapely foreground available for the initial stages. Pretty much a rolling plain around here. The Tetons, Arches, or the Canyon might have substantially dressed up the early phases. We had a few flights of sandhill cranes and pelican pass through the sky that evening, but none were lined up with the primary point of interest.

Northern Dave: I'm pretty sure Cookie was also running on autofocus. I made some efforts with her 50D and 100-400mm lense, and was a miserable failure. Neglected to take along a flashlight and could not run the manual controls in blind mode.

Will put in a little more effort in 2023 or whenever.

Have a good one,