Re: [APML] Eclipsed Sunrise

["Eddie Guscott" <eddie.guscott@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Thanks for the nice comments Philip, they were fun to take, and I must
really thank the list as a whole for the encouragement shown to myself over
the past 18 months and to other newbies as well. Kudos to you all.

I too was tempted to go to Scotland but due to many reasons (some work
related) decided I could probably get a good view from "down South" with a
maximum 69% eclipsed Sun at sunrise.
As i turned out, we caught view of the Sun as it was about half a sun
diameter above the horizon, a very faint orangey-red in colour and started
taking pics shortly after as this was to be an extremely quick partial
eclipse. It all seemed to be over in about 25 minutes.

But in between taking pics, we did stand back and just admired the view. It
was so serene - the partially eclipsed Sun easily visible through the
low/fog and cloud and the tranquility of the surroundings made it quite an
amazing experience.

Credit for some of my pics should go to my observing partner, Peter Carson,
who suggested taking my camera off the tripod and hand holding it on top of
a nearby post to get a better perspective with the breaking clouds above the
Sun.

>From what I have read and people I have spoken to, very few actually
witnessed annularity in Scotland due to cloud/fog.

Thanks again for the comments

Eddie Guscott



----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Perkins" <philip@astrocruise.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Eclipsed Sunrise


> A wonderful collection of eclipse images from everyone... Eddie's very
> atmospheric and beautiful reflections in the sea.. Radu's extraordinary
> shark fin rising out the Black Sea, and Javor's ethereal silhouette of a
> church steeple.
>
> We were told we had to go to Scotland, and even then there would be only
> annularity, but these were taken nowhere near Scotland and yet they are
> fantastic! Very creative.  The news that an old veteran like the Zenit was
> pressed into service for some of the shots made it even more
> interesting.  And what's more a wonderful escape from the ubiquitous
> "ST-10XME" shots and "sameness" of other astronomical imaging - instead
> this work was full of character and individuality.
>
> I really enjoyed them - thanks
> --Philip
> Philip Perkins - philip@astrocruise.com
> Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
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