2017 Eclipes, D-1

Here are a few test shots of the late afternoon sun the Sunday before the Eclipse (D-1). I wanted to test the welding lens I was going to use as a filter. Also I wanted to see how fast the sun would move through the view finder. I needed to know how often I would need to adjust the camera position.

This was a good test. The filer was not distorting the colors (some welding lens will turn the images green). I was able to take shots for several minutes befoe having to adjust the position camera. I worked though several combinations of f-stops and shutter speeds.

I was originally disapointed in the size of the sun in the images. So much so that I went to bed Sunday night deciding to not drive down south to see the full ecplise! It is a 4 and a half hour drive normally. With all the traffic it will much worse.

As you can see after cropping the quality of the images was still ok. I was using a 150mm lens. Hopefully for the 2024 Eclipse I have bought a larger lens.

 

Cropped photo

 

Not cropped for comparison.

 

The sun behind some tree and some faint sun spots.

 

 

Backlog of fungi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Backlog of tree stump in water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A cat playing with its dinner

I came apon this cat while walking the trail one morning. It was very friendly. It would come over and rub on me then go back to its mouse. Back and forth. When I returned from my hike, all that was left of the mouse was some fur and part of the spine.

The light was bad in these photo's but the dramatic action of the cat made them worth posting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cold weather backlog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood themed backlog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo's from last fall

Some backlog from last fall.