I took photos of one of the most rarest events in astronomy and we will not see this again until 2117! I used a 10-inch telescope at nearly 2000mm for these shots. The scope had a 3.5" solar filter on it. Used Manual mode and the MC 36 remote with mirror lock up for the shots. It was an awesome sight for sure.
D7000, Tamron 70-300, shade 10 welding filter (destroyer of sharpness!)...shot through thin, wispy clouds that just wouldn't go away and it was a windy day. Not my best work. But, the event was still fun to witness in person. We were using a shade 14 welding filter to view the sun directly. My kids thought it was pretty cool, too, since this is a once in a lifetime thing.
Maybe we can all meet 105 years from now and do this again!
This image lacks sharpness from the slow shutterspeed, but still shows Venus and is good at this web size. The sun moves very fast when viewed at 300mm, and the next shot Venus was already covered by the tree branches.
Zero_Gravity wrote:
Taken with 70-200 VRII.
Sorry I don't have a long lens and since I am not an upload member I will just post flickr link of the picture.
Zero
Very nice images everyone, I like seeing your technique and set up, pretty cool. Now the next thing I would like to see and photograph is a really bright large comment with a big tail and a dark blue ion tail that would be great!
But, the event was still fun to witness in person. We were using a shade 14 welding filter to view the sun directly. My kids thought it was pretty cool, too, since this is a once in a lifetime thing.
