Very odd. Next, my pocket camera- not much better at all. In fact the images are not worth posting.
I did get some more interesting stuff with my Nikon D3100, but when I look at all the images that the real photographers got, I am quite humbled- there were some amazing captures of the full eclipse posted all over social media. This one was my best effort:
I played around a lot with the settings and this one was at ISO 100, shutter speed 1/4000, f 29. There was a bit of jet stream cloud that was dissipating that gave the neat cloud effect. There are also 3 purple refractions of the sun in there.
None of the animals seemed bothered by the celestial events taking place, it was all business as usual.
I didn't ride but managed to get some horse stuff done- trimmed Rosalee's front feet and got a rough trim (nippers only) on Mesa's other front foot.
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Wow, it's still a pretty cool shot! We were in the band of totality and I didn't even try to take a picture. I just watched and it really was pretty amazing. I especially loved the changes in light and the drop in temperature. The traffic around here was impressive, made me wonder where all those people came from.
SO JEALOUS, I've never seen it, and it was even in the German news.
What a great photo!! You did good. It was eery how cold it got. I was more impressed with that, and the crescent shadows, then the actual eclipse!
You ARE a real photographer!!!! and a good one too!! Okay, so you didn't climb mount whatever, drive a 1,000 miles or research the position of every planet within view - but you got an awesome shot, with a lot of feeling!! Curious what you used for camera filters? From what I've read, a lot of people put their eclipse viewing glasses over the camera. Hope they had an extra pair for their eyes! It comes as a surprise to everyone that knows me, but I wasn't remotely into the eclipse. I think I am scarred from high school, when 100's of us went out to watch. It was very anti-climatic, all I remember thinking is "that's it"...there are a lot of unique shots, but that applies to anything. Totality zone does sound like a unique experience. Here in WI it didn't even get dark, it was mostly cloudy and the light was weird.
You got a wonderful photo of the eclipse! :)
Personally I think that's a very cool pic!
Hoof trimming is fascinating but exhausting. I must admit I piked in the end with my huge clyde/perch/qh cross and took to getting in a trimmer every six weeks to do the bulk of it so I could just manicure lightly in between.
Aurora- no filters. I did try a few shots with my sunglasses over the lens but it didn't help.
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