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JAS

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Bought a new Filter (NISI 16.6 stops) so I can try to capture a bit of the solar eclipse on 8 April. I will be about 80% where I live so I wanted to practice.
This shot with the parameters shown. It is a 16mp crop processed in LrC using a Camera Monochrome (Yellow Filter) Profile with minor other adjustments. Sky was a mix of clear blue with some clouds. I shot in the clear times.
I am surprised at the level of visible detail and the sunspots. Will do some reading, and am open to any suggestions on best settings.
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Well, it's a landscape...of the sun...so I'd say it's good here! And a very cool image!

And very nicely done! I'm on the other side of the state from you, so probably get a little less coverage. I'd purchased the same filter in anticipation of this past October's annular eclipse as I was in Portland when that happened. Be interesting to see what you get!
 
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Joe, impressive filter - had to Google it. Only ever shot the sun at dusk and awn so this type of photography is unknown to me. I rememebr longs a go Venus moved past the sun. I used a binoculars to invert the image onto an A4 paper and shot the sun on the paper.
 
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MikeJ said:
Well, it's a landscape...of the sun...so I'd say it's good here! And a very cool image!

And very nicely done! I'm on the other side of the state from you, so probably get a little less coverage. I'd purchased the same filter in anticipation of this past October's annular eclipse as I was in Portland when that happened. Be interesting to see what you get!
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Thank you for the positive comment. I will have to pay close attention to the weather forecast - particularly the cloud cover which could make or break the whole day. If the farecast is reliable, I can even drive a bit to get to better sky. We shall see.
 
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StarTracker50 said:
Caught some great Sunspots there Joe! I'm using a Baader Film self-made filter. Looking forward to seeing your pictures!
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Charles Loy said:
SUN has been going off big time for a long while. The dark spots are flares spewing out hundreds of thousands miles.
Nice sample here, well done
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Hopefully the clouds will cooperate. Not able to travel far if the clouds are too bad. Now saying partly cloudy. We shall see. Good luck to all.
 
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Our weather forecast had cleared to "a few passing clouds" and temps above 60F/15C so it should be a good day for photographing the eclipse in my front yard! Approx 90% expected. I can work with that!
 
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