I'm taking photos of the eclipse at 5 minute intervals and collating
them together on http://www.jstott.me.uk/temp/eclipse.jpg

Unfortunately, to get an OK shot of the sun and to avoid blinding myself
requires several extra pieces of glass in front of the lens, so there's
quite a lot of extraneous reflections and stuff.

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Jonathan Stott
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Jonathan Stott wrote:
I'm taking photos of the eclipse at 5 minute intervals and collating
them together on http://www.jstott.me.uk/temp/eclipse.jpg

Unfortunately, to get an OK shot of the sun and to avoid blinding myself
requires several extra pieces of glass in front of the lens, so there's
quite a lot of extraneous reflections and stuff.


Great photos Jonathan, you're lucky, most of the country is cloud covered.

Joe
Wolverhampton
175m asl

Joe Egginton wrote:
Jonathan Stott wrote:

I'm taking photos of the eclipse at 5 minute intervals and collating
them together on http://www.jstott.me.uk/temp/eclipse.jpg
Great photos Jonathan, you're lucky, most of the country is cloud covered.

Indeed - the best bit is that I don't even have to go outside in the
cold to see it as the sun is in just the right position from my bedroom
window!

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Jonathan Stott
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"Joe Egginton" wrote in message
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Jonathan Stott wrote:
I'm taking photos of the eclipse at 5 minute intervals and collating them
together on http://www.jstott.me.uk/temp/eclipse.jpg

Unfortunately, to get an OK shot of the sun and to avoid blinding myself
requires several extra pieces of glass in front of the lens, so there's
quite a lot of extraneous reflections and stuff.


Great photos Jonathan, you're lucky, most of the country is cloud covered.

Joe
Wolverhampton
175m asl

Just had a quick glimpse of it here (central Lowlands). Cloud breaking for
about a minute in the right place at mid-eclipse (10am).
Tried taking a photo, but with no filters, F/9 and 1/2000th exposure it's
way too over exposed of course.
Must be quite a sight in Spain just now!
Alex.

Jonathan, to avoid the problems you indicate, and the risk to your eyesight,
why don't you project the sun's image onto a sheet of paper, and photograph
that?

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Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Jonathan Stott" wrote in message
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I'm taking photos of the eclipse at 5 minute intervals and collating
them together on http://www.jstott.me.uk/temp/eclipse.jpg

Unfortunately, to get an OK shot of the sun and to avoid blinding myself
requires several extra pieces of glass in front of the lens, so there's
quite a lot of extraneous reflections and stuff.

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/
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Alex Stephens Jr wrote:

Just had a quick glimpse of it here (central Lowlands). Cloud breaking for
about a minute in the right place at mid-eclipse (10am).
Tried taking a photo, but with no filters, F/9 and 1/2000th exposure it's
way too over exposed of course.

I am using 1/8000th, f/32 and ISO200. Oh, and 1 stop of exposure
compensation. I have 2 4x netural density filters and a circular
polarising filter on the front of the lens (hence the reflections!).

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Jonathan Stott
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Bernard Burton wrote:
Jonathan, to avoid the problems you indicate, and the risk to your eyesight,
why don't you project the sun's image onto a sheet of paper, and photograph
that?

Didn't have any time to set something up like that, unfortunately. I was
lazy and woke up late Eyesight should be fine becauseI just roughly
point the camera in the right place without looking through the viewfinder.

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In message , Jonathan Stott
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I'm taking photos of the eclipse at 5 minute intervals and collating
them together on http://www.jstott.me.uk/temp/eclipse.jpg

Unfortunately, to get an OK shot of the sun and to avoid blinding
myself requires several extra pieces of glass in front of the lens, so
there's quite a lot of extraneous reflections and stuff.


Excellent photos. Not a chance of seeing anything here due to overcast
Sc. Nevertheless, it was noticeably gloomy during the partial eclipse
and there was a marked levelling-off in the temperature rise from 0745z
till 0915z. It was like a very dark, overcast November morning for a
while.

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England

"Jonathan Stott" wrote in message
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I'm taking photos of the eclipse at 5 minute intervals and collating them
together on http://www.jstott.me.uk/temp/eclipse.jpg

Unfortunately, to get an OK shot of the sun and to avoid blinding myself
requires several extra pieces of glass in front of the lens, so there's
quite a lot of extraneous reflections and stuff.

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Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/
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Interesting photos. Thanks for sharing.

I was out on Cleeve Hill (alt. 1083ft.) on Sunday
morning from 8:15 to 12:00 playing golf and wasn't
aware there was going to be a partial eclipse. It was
very cloudy overhead and to the NW but in the distant
SE the sky was clear. About halfway through the round
everybody remarked on the peculiar quality of the light.
Very dark beneath the clouds and unnaturally bright
towards the clearer sky. Glad to know what caused it :-)

Alan

Alan Murphy wrote:

Very dark beneath the clouds and unnaturally bright
towards the clearer sky. Glad to know what caused it :-)

Must have been something else - the eclipse was this morning!
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Steve Loft, Glenlivet. 650ft ASL
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