2017 Eclipse

Posted by hawkman on Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:36 pm

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A composite HDR image of yesterday's spectacular eclipse. This includes crater detail on the moon reflected from earth, two visible stars, a much larger view of the corona and the diamond effect in the upper right corner.

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by SantaFeJoe on Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:43 pm

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Nicest, most artistic shot of the eclipse I've seen so far! Great job.

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by Mark Boranyak on Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:22 am

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This is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

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by John Spreitzer on Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:14 am

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An amazing capture! The corona is incredibly beautiful and the 'seas' on the moon look great! Fantastic work, TFS.

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by Robert on Wed Aug 23, 2017 10:04 am

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Another spectacular eclipse photo. Great detail in the corona.

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by Anthony Medici on Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:08 am

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An interesting image. It looks like it was taken through an eyepiece of a telescope with a right angle finder. And considering the exposure needed to get detail on the moon, I'm impressed that you were able to get stable images with that setup. (assuming I'm right about the setup.)

You actually have three stars in the image. Regulus off to the left and two dim stars off to the right.

Nicely done.

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by hawkman on Wed Aug 23, 2017 2:05 pm

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Anthony Medici wrote:An interesting image. It looks like it was taken through an eyepiece of a telescope with a right angle finder. And considering the exposure needed to get detail on the moon, I'm impressed that you were able to get stable images with that setup. (assuming I'm right about the setup.)

You actually have three stars in the image. Regulus off to the left and two dim stars off to the right.

Nicely done.

[font=.SF UI Text][font=.SFUIText]Thanks for your comments! I actually photographed this with a Canon 7D Mark II and 500mm f4 prime lens. I set up in full manual with auto exposure bracketing (AEB) but changed my custom function for AEB to allow for 7-shot groups instead of the default 3. I set C1 mode with all my settings and a shutter speed starting point at 1/80 and then C2 all the same but with a shutter speed starting at 1/125. In the moment I rapid fired the 7 images in C1 in high speed speed burst centered around the 1/80 shutter speed, quickly switched to C2 and rapid fired again in the same manor. This gave me a wider range of exposures very quickly and rapid firing helped to counter the earth's movement as much as possible. That made stacking the HDR set a bit easier in the end. After that, lots of post to get the look I was after. [/font][/font]

[font=.SF UI Text][font=.SFUIText]Thanks for also pointing out the third star. Awesome![/font][/font]

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by Ron Day on Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:31 pm

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Excellent work, Josh. You captured the diamond ring effect perfectly.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Aug 23, 2017 6:42 pm

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Wow on the corona on this one - very detailed!

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by ChrisStarbuck on Thu Aug 24, 2017 1:57 am

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Beautiful! (I need to make a note of what you did with custom functions for 2024!)

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by John Labrenz on Thu Aug 24, 2017 8:00 pm

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Fantastic work!
Thx for the tech details.

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by ChrisRoss on Sat Aug 26, 2017 7:16 am

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Captured some great corona detail, great to get some earth shine as well

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by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Aug 26, 2017 10:29 am

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So elegant- wonderful detail and amazing technique!

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by dissent on Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:01 pm