Total Solar Eclipse from Pormpuraaw (Images & website added!)

[Phil Hart]

yikes! now that the full scale of your endeavours is apparent i am awe struck. that page is a goldmine for eclipse photography planning. if i could have my two minutes again i'd be doing a lot more of what you and colin managed to do so well. awesome images

Phil

[multiweb (Marc)]

So cool Geoff! You've certainly made the most of your time.

[iceman (Mike)]

Incredible images, Geoff. You have set the bar very very high!

[geoffsims (Geoff)]

Johnny - no problem, you did well to point that out! Regarding the cut off corona: at all eclipses since my first one, and of all my cameras, the telephoto (500 mm) shots are always my lowest priority. Lots of people take these much better than I do (better optics, tracking, etc.) so I don't spend too much time perfecting these. Unfortunately in this instance, mine worked exceptionally well, but I mis-judged how much the Sun would drift (I was not using a tracking mount), and so parts of the corona were off the frame. I am very thankful the lunar silhouette remained inside the frame!

Colin - well I'm glad you think so! In my limited experience (or lack thereof, as it turns out!) of APOD is that for events like this, you really need you need to have your pics submitted within an hour of the event (ok, slight exaggeration) or you are much less likely to be selected. Not taking anything away the recent APODs by IIS members (which were awesome and very much worthy), nor Ben's sequence (I actually saw it on FB before I had started processing my pics, and almost fell off my chair it was so good!!!). Ben's no slouch when it comes to eclipse imaging, and he has a number of awesome wide field sequences from previous eclipses.

Marc, Mike - thanks!

Phil - thanks, and hopefully you & others may find it useful for future eclipses. I will post my EO scripts too. I'm not sure how obvious it is, but my setup was for the most part, exceedingly simple. Not to say it didn't require a lot of thought and planning, but once you learn what you need, you do not actually need to take 1000 shots during totality. My scripts were well spaced out, and I used one camera per laptop to avoid conflict. The other cameras basically ran by themselves. I used flimsy tripods, and not one tracking mount. Add to that a scenic location, and a bit of post-processing experience, and it all falls into place.

[Peter Ward]

Just superb Geoff!! I really enjoyed looking at the web page images.

Technically well handled with great composition.

[geoffsims (Geoff)]

Thanks a lot, Peter!

[gary]

Hi Geoff,

Fabulous stuff!

The first one in particular is an absolute cracker!

I gather you flew in on the SkyTrans CNS -> EDR?

[geoffsims (Geoff)]

Correct Gary... And thanks for your comments.

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

Thank you for sharing your photos. I could not make it to FNQ for the eclipse but your images give a sense of what it must have been like to be there in person. Superb!

[ChrisM]

Geoff, I've just caught up with the additional images that you posted, plus your website descriptions. The pics are stunning, and I especially like the wide angle sequence composition.

Thanks for sharing your work and the camera setting & processing details.

Chris

[KISA (Markus)]

Beautiful/awesome shots, the first is my favorite. Well done.

[Paul Haese]

Now that you have added to the original shot I have to say I think the second to last shot (the compilation just after second contact and just before third contact is my favourite. Followed very closely by the first shot. I have definitely re-evaluated my next eclipse imaging wants after obtaining an extended corona shot. I think I am pretty interested in getting the moons shadow as you have and perhaps an animation. Very nice work.