vwsjr
Leading Member
Since I'm sure everyone has seen a ton of eclipse photos, I'll just post a slightly different one of mine that I messed around with. I didn't prepare for photographing the eclipse, as I wanted to spend my time watching the eclipse rather than messing around with cameras too much. I was in the zone where I got four minutes and five seconds of totality and that went shockingly fast.
I used older equipment just in case I did something stupid. I used a D7200 and a Tamron 150-600mm without any filter for totality. For the partial shots, I used the same camera with a Nikon 105mm macro. I taped eclipse glasses over the front element and masked off the rest with black tape
Sometimes you have to be creative and I just wanted to see if I could get anything. Getting focus with the 105mm lens was tough because I only had a small bright blob on the LCD even when I zoomed in.
For editing I added all the photos to a single canvas in Darktable. Then I used the retouch tool to basically clone the images to where I wanted them. I didn't take many photos so I didn't have a lot to work with on each side of the eclipse, I made due with what I had.
I learned a ton and it was such a different experience than my typical photography. I think the biggest difference was that I went in with virtually no expectation of success, older gear that I hadn't used in years, and almost no preparation, so I was very happy with what I was able to get. Typically I do my photography with my best equipment, great preparation, and high expectations, and then if I miss getting my perfect shot by just a tiny bit I don't have that same feeling of success. I think generally it reminded me that a lot of times I take photography too seriously and I don't play around enough.
I used older equipment just in case I did something stupid. I used a D7200 and a Tamron 150-600mm without any filter for totality. For the partial shots, I used the same camera with a Nikon 105mm macro. I taped eclipse glasses over the front element and masked off the rest with black tape
Sometimes you have to be creative and I just wanted to see if I could get anything. Getting focus with the 105mm lens was tough because I only had a small bright blob on the LCD even when I zoomed in.For editing I added all the photos to a single canvas in Darktable. Then I used the retouch tool to basically clone the images to where I wanted them. I didn't take many photos so I didn't have a lot to work with on each side of the eclipse, I made due with what I had.
I learned a ton and it was such a different experience than my typical photography. I think the biggest difference was that I went in with virtually no expectation of success, older gear that I hadn't used in years, and almost no preparation, so I was very happy with what I was able to get. Typically I do my photography with my best equipment, great preparation, and high expectations, and then if I miss getting my perfect shot by just a tiny bit I don't have that same feeling of success. I think generally it reminded me that a lot of times I take photography too seriously and I don't play around enough.