Solar eclipse March 8/9 2016

[Øivind Tøien]

I was pleasantly surprised that we got to view a partial solar eclipse here in Fairbanks right before sunset.
Here is the first processed image.


Nikon 1 AW1 with 300mm f/4 PF +TC-14E at 420mm f/8, 1/50 sec ISO160.

I could keep the camera safely pointed towards the sun for the 20 minutes or so that it lasted thanks to the Baader AstroSolar Film (Visual, ND 5). The film will usually give a white image of the sun, but with white balance set to daylight I got the warm tones of the setting sun back.

[Thomas Stellwag]

the warm tone fits perfect to the image.

[Jakov Minić]

Øivind, truly beautiful.
I would love to shoot the sun like that!!!

[Erik Lund]

Nice composition and light!

[Akira]

Very impressive image.  I feel the existence of the universe...

[Jørgen Ramskov]

Very nice!

[Øivind Tøien]

Thanks for the kind words everybody. I have a hard time presenting another one of the eclipsed phase as the capture above is what I had envisioned and hoped for.  If anything I should have exposed even a little hotter to get less noise in the lifter darker parts as I probably had 1/2 a stop margin on the highlights. However I had a enough keeping up with the dwindling light as it was.  Soon the eclipse disappeared down below the clouds and the sun was finally entirely gone out of sight.


Nikon 1 AW1 with 300mm f/4 PF +TC-14E at 420mm f/8, 1/40 sec ISO160.



That is when I looked behind me, just to see the alpenglow on the highest peaks in Alaska Range and realizing that what was seen was eclipsed light. How nice hadn't it been to watch the entire eclipse from up there with such a low horizon!


Nikon D7100, with 300mm f/4 PF +TC-14E at 420mm f/9, ISO 250.



Next morning I had to bring the Baader AstroSolar Film filter out again and have a peek, just to make sure the sun was whole again.   


Any other members who were able to capture the eclipse? I hope to see the  images here!





 

[BW]

You are blessed with some wonderful scenery. The two last eclipses I have witnessed both went down the drain because of clouds. It's very annoying when I had scouted location and studied the weather forecast for days. But you seemed to have been in the right spot at the right time

[Øivind Tøien]

Thanks for the comment Børge. Yes, I felt very lucky as the weather forecast was "mostly cloudy", and I initially thought we might be too far north as only Anchorage was mentioned on the eclipse page. Here is a closer view before the sun started setting below the clouds near the horizon, showing how the eclipsed shape gets distorted this close to the horizon. There is also plenty of turbulence in the air this close to the ground.


Nikon 1 AW1 with 300mm f/4 PF +TC-14E at 420mm f/8, 1/50 sec ISO160.


The mountain peaks of Alaska Range are about 100 miles south of us, so we only get to see them on clear days. There is also a lot of optical disturbance in that view.

[Tersn]

Some amazing images!