Solar Eclipse

**Andrew Walker** · 05-25-2012, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Joe Taylor

Hi Andrew, this is an awesome shot. You managed to capture the event just on the cusp of becoming the "ring of fire." Can you share what equipment you used to make this shot?

I was using the Canon 800mm and a .9ND to get this shot. I didn't want to use a solar filter because I wanted to see that ring of fire effect. Hopefully I'll edit something together to show the footage I got out there. I just wish I had more cameras rolling. Spent way too much time getting lost out on sandy mountain trails.

**Russ Fill** · 05-26-2012, 08:14 AM

Epic shot Joe.
Just worked a few weeks ago in the Arizona/New Mexico deserts and that would have been a great event to witness there with a landscape that is all about sun and lots of it.

**Joe Taylor** · 05-29-2012, 11:35 AM

Thanks Russ. Experiencing this eclipse was such thrilling moment I have decided to rent a Meade LX 200 12" to film the transit of Venus on the 5th.

**Russ Fill** · 05-30-2012, 09:40 AM

I was having those same thoughts Joe when I shot the eclipse, that I wished I had a way to track with the arch of the sun and get the shadow coming and passing over the hour or so that it took.
Good luck on the 5th.

**Andrew Walker** · 06-04-2012, 02:19 PM

Here's the footage from the eclipse.

**Alfonso Cammarano** · 06-05-2012, 08:34 PM

This is a time laps Venus, Red Epic, Sigma 500mm.

https://vimeo.com/43510528
https://vimeo.com/43509956

**Aaron Schnobrich** · 06-05-2012, 10:42 PM

stacked filters handheld on mounted Canon.

**IAN SUN** · 06-05-2012, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by Alfonso Cammarano

This is a time laps Venus, Red Epic, Sigma 500mm.

https://vimeo.com/43510528
https://vimeo.com/43509956

Nice first post!
We were at Varsity stadium in Toronto today shooting the Transit with a ton of people enjoying this twice in a lifetime event : )

**Will Keir** · 06-05-2012, 11:57 PM

I appreciate you shooting this event, now project are you going to use it in?

Originally Posted by Andrew Walker

Here's the footage from the eclipse.

**Peter Majtan** · 06-06-2012, 12:02 AM

I've managed to get the unobstructed peak of the Solar eclipse:

But the rest of the event was pretty cloudy...:

But in many ways the clouds added to the drama...

Shot on Scarlet in 5K HDRx @ 6 FPS through Canon 800mm f/5.6L and Baader Solar Filter...
The motion footage is a part of a feature I am working on, so unfortunately no QT's (for now)...

Peter

PS: And yes, those are sunspots, I clean my sensor on regular basis... ;o)

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