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Title: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Semmick Photo on March 20, 2015, 02:40
I was going to photograph the Eclipse but there is not much to see, because of the fecking Irish weather

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/skygazers-await-rare-solar-eclipse-1.2146050 (http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/skygazers-await-rare-solar-eclipse-1.2146050)

Its always the same here, 200 rain days in a year. Complete overcast now. Meh !
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: hansenn on March 20, 2015, 02:51
not much better here :-[
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Semmick Photo on March 20, 2015, 04:14
Here's my result. LOL

Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Ariene on March 20, 2015, 04:31
Here in Poland it's only 73% and weather is... too good  :'(  It's full sunny day, no clouds at all! All I get (absolutely with using safety as filter ND big stopper) is white half sun on black background...
At this time I appreciate my luck in 2011 when got this: link (https://500px.com/photo/83433653/partial-solar-eclipse-and-clouds-morning-sky-by-arletta-cwalina?utm_campaign=nativeshare&utm_content=web&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=500px)
In last days it's my bestseller on SS  :P
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: niserin on March 20, 2015, 04:46
Here in Poland it's only 73% and weather is... too good  :'(  It's full sunny day, no clouds at all! All I get (absolutely with using safety as filter ND big stopper) is white half sun on black background...
At this time I appreciate my luck in 2011 when got this: link (https://500px.com/photo/83433653/partial-solar-eclipse-and-clouds-morning-sky-by-arletta-cwalina?utm_campaign=nativeshare&utm_content=web&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=500px)
In last days it's my bestseller on SS  :P

You're lucky. In Gdansk it is almost like in Ireland ;). Yep, a bit darker than on a usual cloudy day but that's all.
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Semmick Photo on March 20, 2015, 04:48
Here in Poland it's only 73% and weather is... too good  :'(  It's full sunny day, no clouds at all! All I get (absolutely with using safety as filter ND big stopper) is white half sun on black background...
At this time I appreciate my luck in 2011 when got this: link (https://500px.com/photo/83433653/partial-solar-eclipse-and-clouds-morning-sky-by-arletta-cwalina?utm_campaign=nativeshare&utm_content=web&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=500px)
In last days it's my bestseller on SS  :P
great image
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: mojaric on March 20, 2015, 05:13
Italy: here same....ND big stopper white sun, black background....tooo bad.... should have been before in the morning....maybe in iceland they have something better :)

P.S. there is also an eclypse in my daily sales ahhahaha
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: skyfish on March 20, 2015, 05:21
Belgium. The sky is not transparent
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Ariene on March 20, 2015, 05:21
P.S. there is also an eclypse in my daily sales ahhahaha
Show it (image), not only talking!  :P Let's say, I don't believe you ;)


Ron, thank you ;)
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Beppe Grillo on March 20, 2015, 05:26
Here, Ukraine, like in Poland, clear sky but at the time of the eclipse I was running and I have seen nothing.

Nice photo Ariene!
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Niakris on March 20, 2015, 05:44
It was also very cloudy here in Varna, Bulgaria :(
I've prepared ND1000 filter for nothing.
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Semmick Photo on March 20, 2015, 05:45
I managed to get a little peek at the eclipse just before it ended

Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Ariene on March 20, 2015, 05:51
Ron, clean up the spots!  :P 
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Semmick Photo on March 20, 2015, 05:54
I know, ;D  its a quick render of a snapshot. Not planning to do anything with it.


And Of course the weather clears up AFTER the eclipse is over !!!
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Ariene on March 20, 2015, 06:06
And Of course the weather clears up AFTER the eclipse is over !!!

Life! ;)

I don't even bother postprocessing mine shots from today. But it brought me some ideas for interesting session with using photos taken today  :D
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Cider Apple on March 20, 2015, 06:09
I managed to see it OK in Shropshire - England. Took some video's and timelapse. It went a strange bluey shadow colour although it was sunny. Reminded me of the eclipse in 1999 or whenever it was. I so want to see a 100% eclipse at some point.

Excuse the dust marks as this was a secondary camera just for fun.
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: fotoVoyager on March 20, 2015, 07:15
Catalogue of errors for me this morning. Firstly I failed to scout a location properly and ended up in the woods with no real useful silhouette to shoot the eclipse against.

Then I set the ISO really high to shoot this image hand held with a long lens on the way:

(http://fotovoyager.com/images/beams.jpg)

And of course, forgot to reset it afterwards, making everything super noisy and more or less useless. Pah. My pathetic best effort:

(http://fotovoyager.com/images/eclipse.jpg)

If the only difference nowadays between amateur and professional photographers is that professional are supposed to get it right every time, then I well and truly failed that test this morning.
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Ariene on March 20, 2015, 07:54
Voyager, all photogs I know forget to change ISO (me too). They (we) change everything in camera, but not ISO  :P It doesn't matter if you are young amatour or 70+ y.o. experienced pro... ;)
Btw, very nice images you did, love it! (I'm not sure if this is good form to say: do image or only take photo?).
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Mantis on March 20, 2015, 09:31
Here in Poland it's only 73% and weather is... too good  :'(  It's full sunny day, no clouds at all! All I get (absolutely with using safety as filter ND big stopper) is white half sun on black background...
At this time I appreciate my luck in 2011 when got this: link (https://500px.com/photo/83433653/partial-solar-eclipse-and-clouds-morning-sky-by-arletta-cwalina?utm_campaign=nativeshare&utm_content=web&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=500px)
In last days it's my bestseller on SS  :P

Nice. What did you use to shoot that?
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Mantis on March 20, 2015, 09:32
Catalogue of errors for me this morning. Firstly I failed to scout a location properly and ended up in the woods with no real useful silhouette to shoot the eclipse against.

Then I set the ISO really high to shoot this image hand held with a long lens on the way:

([url]http://fotovoyager.com/images/beams.jpg[/url])

And of course, forgot to reset it afterwards, making everything super noisy and more or less useless. Pah. My pathetic best effort:

([url]http://fotovoyager.com/images/eclipse.jpg[/url])

If the only difference nowadays between amateur and professional photographers is that professional are supposed to get it right every time, then I well and truly failed that test this morning.


Still, very nice.
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Ariene on March 20, 2015, 09:43
Nice. What did you use to shoot that?

Thanks ;) The funniest thing is... that I didn't use anything! It was young photographer luck (I often miss it these days), that's it! I remember weather was not good, clouds are growing very fast when the Moment was closer... I had a lot of luck then, clouds gave me natural soft diffuser, right in the perfect moment, I catched focus on sun without watching through the viewer to not hurt my eyes, and praying to not damage camera with so much light straight into it ;) So no filters and 100% of luck...
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Mantis on March 20, 2015, 18:10
Nice. What did you use to shoot that?

Thanks ;) The funniest thing is... that I didn't use anything! It was young photographer luck (I often miss it these days), that's it! I remember weather was not good, clouds are growing very fast when the Moment was closer... I had a lot of luck then, clouds gave me natural soft diffuser, right in the perfect moment, I catched focus on sun without watching through the viewer to not hurt my eyes, and praying to not damage camera with so much light straight into it ;) So no filters and 100% of luck...

A little luck NEVER hurts. ;)
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: heywoody on March 21, 2015, 13:19
Ireland is probably the only country you could look straight at it - where I was, just enough cloud to take away the brightness but still see the whole thing.
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Red Dove on March 21, 2015, 13:32
Total cloud cover in the shires - although I did notice it got colder and darker and the birds stopped singing....
.....I might have imagined that last bit or seen it in a movie though.
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: mojaric on March 23, 2015, 08:23

Show it (image), not only talking!  :P Let's say, I don't believe you ;)



here it is :D
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: sharpshot on March 23, 2015, 12:58
Here's one I took from Cornwall.
https://www.mostphotos.com/11465477/ (https://www.mostphotos.com/11465477/)
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Fletch on March 26, 2015, 11:10
Here's my effort from Wiltshire, UK.
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Ariene on March 26, 2015, 12:01
Oooh, that two are really beautiful!!! Love it :)
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Beppe Grillo on March 26, 2015, 12:10
This is mine from Turkey

Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: LesPalenik on April 02, 2015, 23:55
Great shot, Beppo! Very clear moon, I think I can see some craters on it, but will SS accept it?

Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: Ariene on April 03, 2015, 02:22
What happened to Beppe Grillo? He's so grey today...  :o ???  ;)
Title: Re: 95% Eclipse 2015 today
Post by: JPSDK on April 03, 2015, 06:29
I got it. Stege, Denmark: Closing in on the max:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11083895_10153180438424586_4192687417770670025_n.jpg?oh=08f20cc3caab76f49a205c1652ec497e&oe=559CF2C7&__gda__=1438357410_133344e749909fb48767f04b80303ff8