Eclipse HDR

[Peter Ward]

Finally got a little more time to stack some images for an HDR of this glorious eclipse.

To be picky, there are still a few rough edges in this rendition which I'll work on in due course. Taming the remarkably bright inner corona is rather tricky.

Image link here (http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery612.html)

Hope you enjoy the view :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Awesome results :eyepop:

[gregbradley]

A stunning image.

Greg.

[Dave882]

Wow. Kinda speechless. That’s simply incredible!!

[Eris]

What a brilliant Solar Eclipse image Peter. Congratulations. Well done.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[DavidTrap]

Very impressive.

Would love a few details of your exposures and how you controlled your camera for the eclipse (I used a clever piece of software to automate my Nikon for the Cairns Eclipse - just wondering what’s changed since then)

DT

[Retrograde]

Fabulous Image Peter!

[Peter Ward]

Thanks David.

I mulled long and hard over how to control the cameras prior to the eclipse. Unfortunately Eclipse Maestro
(or as far as I know anything else…& BTW happy to of what might work for future eclipses ) does not support the EOSR5, so I explored using my CamRanger2 to take an auto-exposure-bracket sequence.

This proved too slow, which then led me to using AEB within the camera as a custom mode then triggering the camera using an external intervalometer.

That said, my CamRanger2 proved to be invaluable for totally nailing focus using a nice big iPad screen before the partial phases. (as demonstrated by the solar granulation in the attached image).
I then disconnected it to allow unfettered intervalometer control.

The EOSR5 uses the new and remarkably fast CFExpress cards which can record 1800Mb/sec of data.
As result, you can sustain a burst of 20fps for several seconds to record Bailey’s Beads before buffering.

This allowed me to switch from manual (electronic shutter burst mode) to my 7 shot ½ f-stop bracket + mechanical shutter custom mode
and record over 400 frames in the R5 during the “mad-minute” of the eclipse. (My EOSRa on the Stowaway recorded about 300)

It all worked a treat.

[raymo]

You eclipse chasers had better make the most of the next few eclipses, as with the Moon moving away from us, it soon won't obscure the entire solar disc.
:D:D
raymo

Oh, and by the way, superb image Peter.

[DavidTrap]

Thanks for the rundown Peter - sounds like you were busy. Hope you had time to look at it too.

DT