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Eclipse from Madras, OR

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Hello All,
I have been on hiatus for a while and not producing any solar images - hence I have not been on the forum for a while. But the eclipse got me back into it again. I braved the crowds (and forest fire smoke) in Madras, Oregon. I gather many of you were also in Oregon - shame we didn't meet up for a drink and chat. I did all my photographing of the eclipse with a new Canon 5D Mark IV and a 300mm L Series f/4 telephoto plus 1.4x tele-extender (420mm focal length) and tracked with an iOptron SkyGuider. I made sure to automate everything as much as possible so I could actually watch the phenomenon. It was my first total eclipse and it was the most glorious thing I have ever witnessed. I can't wait until 2024 - I have to do more! Here are a few of my shots. I stacked 7 bracketed exposures of one of my totality shots to get this totality image. I caught the first diamond ring but was too enthralled with the visual spectacle to catch the second one - I put on the filter a second too early. These images don't begin to compare to many of the others I have seen on this forum but I am overall pleased with my outcome.

Robert
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These are beautiful Robert, they are exactly how I remember the eclipse, it was really beautiful with your eyes though, nothing can compare to it. I loved the whole event :)

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A wonderful record of the event, expertly executed. Nice one.

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Re: Eclipse from Madras, OR

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Thanks for the comments. You're right - seeing an eclipse through the naked eye with all the phenomena going on around you is the most important thing. I know plenty of imagers who went to the eclipse with nothing more than a cell phone camera and spent the whole time observing and not recording the event. As much as I love to photograph, I totally understand that now.


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Last night as I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky, I thought to myself -- "Where the heck is the ceiling???"

www.redshift48.com
Lunt LS80 DSII B1800 f/7
WO 132mm f/7
Celestron 9.5 Edge HD f/10
Stellarvue 80mm f/7 Raptor SVR80ST2
WO Z73ii f/5.9 APO
Lunt CaK B1800 Filter and Baader Herschel Wedge (Photo)
PGR Grasshopper 3.0 (ICX687 - mono)
Player One Apollo M-Max IMX432
ZWO ASI178MM and ZWO ASI174MM with filter wheel
SBIG STT8300M
ZWO ASI2600MC-P
Canon 5D Mark IV and Canon Rebel T7i
AP 1200GTO (Permanent) and iOptron CEM60EC and CEM25EC Mounts
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