Eclipse from the Mulligan Highway

[RickS (Rick)]

We headed out from Trinity Beach the night before the eclipse and went 200km in search of guaranteed clear skies. Unfortunately, that meant getting back late and tired the next day and missing the get together at Palm Cove

Here are a few quick images with minimal processing. Will have a go at stacking some images of the corona when I get home.

Pics taken with Nikon D800E and 70-200m lens on a fixed tripod. My portable mount refused to track so plans to use my FS-60 and a second camera came to nought...

Cheers,
Rick.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Great images, Rick!

[iceman (Mike)]

Very nice Rick!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Well done Rick

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Well done Rick, no cloud without the drama we had.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Laurie, Mike^2 and Paul!

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's a really nice set of Pic Rick. Gotta be stoked with that. Well done indeed.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Marc!

[Dennis]

Great shots Rick. The 1st image ticks all the boxes for me; the foreground tree and the gossamer thin striated clouds veiling the partially eclipsed Sun all combine to produce a dramatic photo.

Cheers

Dennis

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Beautiful shots! Looks like you got a lot of the corona there, it's huge.

[naskies (Dave)]

Nice work, Rick! Looking forward to seeing your processed photos.

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hi Rick - they are pretty great now - looking forward to the repro!

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Love the 2nd shot. Really nice!

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Great shots Rick. The 1st image ticks all the boxes for me; the foreground tree and the gossamer thin striated clouds veiling the partially eclipsed Sun all combine to produce a dramatic photo.

Thanks, Dennis! When I realised that the tree was just where the sun was going to rise I decided to take a risk and leave the tripod there. Fortunately, it turned out like I hoped.

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Beautiful shots! Looks like you got a lot of the corona there, it's huge.

Thanks, Rolf! I'm hoping I can get the corona wider still with stacking but we'll see...

Originally Posted by naskies

Nice work, Rick! Looking forward to seeing your processed photos.

Thanks, Dave. Hopefully I'll be able to make some improvements, but it doesn't always work that way for me

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

Hi Rick - they are pretty great now - looking forward to the repro!

Thanks, Matt!

Originally Posted by colinmlegg

Love the 2nd shot. Really nice!

Thank you, Colin!

[h0ughy (David)]

well Done. fantastic event well captured

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Houghy.

[RobF (Rob)]

Top stuff Rick, even if you didn't get to bring all guns to bear. Looks like you ended up with a great site for the extra effort.
2nd and 3rd shots are particularly nice to my eye.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Rob!

My next project is making some stacked images of the corona. If only there were more hours in the day (and night)

[gary]

Hi Rick,

Great stuff!

Did you happen to record your lat/long or km by road from Mt Carbine?
I would be curious to know how close you might have been from where we were.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Gary! We were 65.6km past the Mt Carbine hotel at 16 14 31.09 S, 144 43 32.82 E. It's a shame we didn't get a chance to meet.

Cheers,
Rick.