NEW PIC "Diamond Ring" effect, TSE, 11 July 2010

[Rob_K]

Sorry about leaking shots out bit by bit - still trying to unpack, get into overdue work, etc etc. Lots more to come...

Here's an animation of the first Diamond Ring. The light cloud in the first few frames is the only cloud we saw around totality. The 'diamond' was a stunner, and lasted an incredibly long time. All details are in the clip, hope you enjoy! Warning: usual YouTube upload quality!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zvp9A2iIHE

**NEW PIC** added to post #5

Cheers -

[davewaldo]

Great work Rob! It must have been awesome to see it.

The animation gives a good sense of being there (for me at least ).

[bartman (Bart)]

Wow!!!!
That is awesome!
Well done and keep the vids coming!
Bartman

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

lovely capture-all those proms are so striking near totality
well done

what a super experience

[Rob_K]

Thanks all! Here's an eclipse composite - partial phases shot using Baader AstroSolar Safety Film filter; all shots Canon 400D on tripod, 200mm in 55-200mm Sigma lens, 1/2000 sec, ISO 400, F/9

Here's a link to the full-size (840KB):
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/w...vers4blank.jpg

Still working on a corona shot, but my 'layer-masking' skills aren't quite up to it!

Cheers -

[renormalised (Carl)]

Great vid!!!!

Wonder how many carats that one was??

[erick (Eric)]

Great composite, Rob - let's see that corona shot included. Did you get the diamond ring each side - I thought that you did.

Bit of sunspot activity captured as well?

Funny Ecliptic path that day? Probably rocking of the ship

[RB (Andrew)]

Excellent work Rob !

[Rob_K]

Thanks guys!

Originally Posted by erick

Great composite, Rob - let's see that corona shot included. Did you get the diamond ring each side - I thought that you did.

Bit of sunspot activity captured as well?

Funny Ecliptic path that day? Probably rocking of the ship

I ain't posting my corona fiascos Eric! Luckily Haesey has offered to help. Didn't capture the exiting 'diamond ring' - by that stage I think I was utterly transfixed, and probably dribbling onto the deck!

The sunspots (AR #1087) are there, but pretty small at this scale.

Cheers -

[Quark (Trevor)]

Super work Rob, reckon you should take your time with these, definitely something to savor.

Regards
Trevor

[michaellxv (Michael)]

Spectacular! Thanks Rob. Must have been very hard to get all these shots when all you would want to do is look at take it all in.

[Rob_K]

Thanks Trevor, Michael!

Originally Posted by michaellxv

Must have been very hard to get all these shots when all you would want to do is look at take it all in.

Not hard at all Michael, pure luck! On the ship, they did have eclipse photography (and viewing) tutorials in the days leading up to the eclipse, but it all seemed to make the event overly complicated so I stayed away from them.

Like I said in the other thread, when the first diamond ring was imminent (you could tell by the sky, and by the buzz in the crowd), I whipped the filter off the camera & just kept shooting using a wireless remote, with the same settings! The only time I looked at the camera (on tripod) was a couple of times to change the exposure setting, and a couple of times to check that the eclipsed sun was somewhere within the FOV.

Cheers -

[spearo (Frank)]

cool stuff
frank

[AstroTourist (Terry)]

Beautiful compilation Rob. Congratulations, well done.
Regards,
Terry

[xstream (John)]

Great composition Rob, well done mate!

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Great work Rob.
Great video.
Cheers Kev.

[Rob_K]

Thanks fellas! Here's my last, the solar corona. Have to thank Paul Haese for processing this, and getting the most out of limited data!

Cheers -

[AstroTourist (Terry)]

Very nice image Rob with good coronal detail. An EXCELLENT result from a shipboard observation.
On my only eclipse observation afloat there was a large swell and slow exposures were not possible. So I was not able to put together a corona image.

Regards,
Terry

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Fantastic!!