There was great hype about the solar eclipse. With 40% coverage here I knew that there would not be anything spectacular. I wasn't prepared to shoot the sun. I'll leave that to the pros.
I did take one shot shortly after 11:00 AM . and one at the height of the eclipse. Just looking out the window there was not much less light. the camera shows things a little darker.
Don't go by my times on the camera. The first shot is about 11:00 AM. the second shot is about 1:00 Pm.
So there wasn't a lot of hoopla at my place.
Red, Not much hoopla here either. I didn’t even attempt a photo here as we had complete overcast and even a little rain. I did watch the online streaming thanks to NASA and it was pretty cool. By the way, re your previous post, 2000 POSTS, I did check my Blogger Dashboard 😊 and see I’ve got 933 published posts. So you are way ahead of me. Keep up the good work. John
ReplyDeleteI was surprised here in Kansas City, that the remaining sun with the moon covering it at 87% was still pretty bright. It was more fun to notice how quiet it was, with about 5 degrees drop in temperature. Then, when the moon kept traveling in front of the sun, the birds woke up, repeating their morning songs and started flying around again. I didn't see any Kansas cows heading back to their barns though. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteWe did not see the total view here, it may have been a little darker.
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day!
Yes, we only had 20% coverage and plenty of clouds, so nobody even paid any attention to it. Sure enjoyed seeing the eclipse on TV, though. My brother was in the path of totality and he loved it.
ReplyDeleteBeing here in Cleveland directly in it’s path, it was incredibly spectacular & spellbinding to see. The whole city stopped & gazed skyward for over an hour. An absolute incredible phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteBeing closer, we had 89% totality so there was a fairly noticeable difference though I was surprised at the amount of light the sun could still produce with 89% of it blocked. It would have been a long long long day for me to go see it yesterday and being able to see a partial eclipse 10 steps from my recliner seemed like a good tradeoff.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty much what the eclipse looked like here too. I did like seeing videos of the eclipse in places where it actually happened.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while since I've commented on blogs. I still read them everyday, but I no longer have a blogger account, and some blogs don't let me comment. I'm giving it a try this morning! (NewRobin13)
It was spectacular here, Red. We were in the path of totality.
ReplyDeleteWe got into the high 90s, and it was nice. No photos from me, though, believe it or not. /AC
ReplyDeleteOur eclipse happened only on news reports here in cloudy, not-in-the-path Seattle.
ReplyDeleteNo hoopla here either - it was cloudy!
ReplyDeleteThis probably didn't exist in my region these days...
ReplyDeletebut the tulips are blooming and the lilacs are coming out. Spring is wonderful.
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We got 20-25% It depended on which island you were on. We were disappointed we couldn't be in Illinois for this, but it was still fun. It was good you didn't try to take a photo of the sun because I think you were supposed to put a eclipse filter on your lens to protect it or something like that.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite the event here! The TV coverage was interesting.
ReplyDeletei really enjoyed your captures Red because the sunlight falling over the views makes them so beautiful and serene :)
ReplyDeletei agree that all the hype regarding such events belong to cities mostly