[Leica] Eclipse from Sumper, OR

[Nathan Wajsman]

They certainly are excellent! I look forward to images of your fellow watchers.

When Halleys comet passed in 1986, I spent a couple of nights trying to get usable images without much luck. We lived in north central Florida at the time, and one popular place to go was Paynes Prairie, a nature reserve (swamp) about 20 miles south of Gainesville, where there is an elevated wooden walkway and a platform, normally used during the day to look down on the alligators in the swamp, but on this occasion useful for setting up cameras on tripod. There were perhaps 10-12 other photographers there. The whole thing was somewhat disappointing; the best image I could get was this:

http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Stuff-from-the-20th-century/i-Fm3jcp3/A

But by far the most fun image was when I put a flash on the camera, turned around and snapped a shot of the other people. It was pitch dark, so they got momentarily blinded by my flash and started yelling at me. Sadly, I cannot find this image now.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 25 Aug 2017, at 02:20, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Just got back from our trip south to see the eclipse.  We went to Sumpter, Oregon, avoided all the crowds, had perfect weather and enjoyed my second eclipse of the sun, though it was too short.
> 
> OK.  Might as well just get the big three out of the way.  No teasers.  View large, please.....
> 
> Here is the diamond ring effect just before totality.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/E/Sumpter+Eclipes+Diamond+Ring-4933.jpg.html
> 
> totality with the filter still on so you can see the prominences from the sun’s surface.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/E/Sumpter+Eclipes+Totality-4934.jpg.html
> 
> Filter off so the corona shows up.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/E/Sumpter+Eclipes+Totality-4937.jpg.html
> 
> More to come, but they will be less interesting as far as an eclipse, but maybe some good people shots.
> 
> I confess I have not read my digests from when I was gone, so hope these stand up to everyone else who shot and posted.
> 
> Comments welcome
> 
> Aram
> 
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
> 
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