Aye. Enormity. Perhaps a bit of bending for effect, but as a rule, the number
of serious photos, amateur and professional, following a total eclipse, is
breathtaking in it’s immensity. <g>
And nice work on the eclipse light. But I still don’t see in images what I saw
standing there. I guess the nature of the experience is greater than the sum of
its parts.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Mar 20, 2015, at 7:58 PM, piers@xxxxxxxx <piers.hemy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You are a lucky man, Bob. And wise too, for the simple photo of the
> occluded sun conveys nothing of the experience, indeed. The partial eclipse
> (compared to a total eclipse) is little more than a curiosity, especially
> when near-complete cloud cover diffuses light so much that it hardly goes
> dark.
>
> For a sample of the atmosphere of a total eclipse try
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/Eclipse/index.html
>
> Piers
>
> PS Enormity??
>
> On Friday, 20 March 2015, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I have seen several total eclipses in my life, and have photographed none
>> of them. I realize the setup, etc., represents a challenge to the
>> photographer, but the array of superb eclipse shots is breathtaking in its
>> enormity following one of these events.
--
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