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Thanks! I was sitting there thinking the rings of different intensities looked pretty cool so I took the shot. It is sorta ominous to me ... kind of like a nuclear explosion in a movie ...
Exactly! Nor damage to the lens and/or sensor. I've shot sunrises and sunsets several times, and once the solar disc is about one diameter above the horizon, on the best days, I'm done. Even then, I'm using an old 300mm AI-S lens and viewing the image on the camera's LCD screen and not the viewfinder. I never view the solar disc directly through a non-electronic viewfinder.It was worth the shot. No retinal damage hopefully?
You guys make a good point. By the time I took this picture, it really didn't seem that bright, but I was in fact looking at it through a D500 viewfinder.
Live view for framing and shooting, while minimizing the time the solar disc is viewable, as well as shooting it only when it is on, or nearly so, the horizon.
