Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like these better than the actual eclipse pictures, which tend to be all of a type, and in the end, identical to one another! Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 4:45 AM, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > From start to finish was quite a few hours, so lots of time to look at the > people who were slowly gathering to view the eclipse at the Sumpter Dredge > State Park. All was well with Dark Side of the Moon playing in the > background. Everyone used either their glasses, the telescopes set up by > some astronomers from California invited to provide some enhanced viewing, > using their hands to make pinhole projectors, and of course a variety of > photographers trying their luck. > > I?ll start off with what I think is the best of the bunch, a quick grab > shot during totality of some people watching the eclipse with the sun in > the background: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/444726-1/Sumpter+ > Eclipes+Totality-5537.jpg > > The family that views the eclipse together has lots of fun and safe eyes. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/444738-1/Sumpter+Eclipse-5532.jpg > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/444762-1/Sumpter+Eclipse-5505.jpg > > The rest start here and go to the right. I?ll let you look through them > on your own. Some looking or using cell phones through telescopes, some > with cameras and some just enjoying the view. View them large if you can. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/E/Sumpter+Eclipse-5536.jpg.html > > Such an amazing and fun event. Looking forward to 2024 in the eastern US. > > Incidentally, photos of the sun itself were taken with a Nikon D750 and > either a 70-200/4 Nikon with 1.4x or a 70-300 Nikon lens and one piece of > Tmax-100 exposed film for a filter when needed. The people photos were > with a Nikon D600 and either the Nikon 28/2.8 or a Rokinon 12/2.8 fisheye. > > Comments welcome > Aram > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information