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[ASD Dad]

Zeiss makes amazing optics!  I am jealous, I would have loved to check them out.  Those solar flare shots are really cool.  Was that through a telescope or monster zoom and a teleconverter?  

 

I still own two older Sony DSLR's that I like shooting with (A200 and A500) but I didnt have the right filters or very good glass for them to shoot an eclipse.  I mainly shoot with two primes for my kids photos.  I took a chance with my wife's SX50 and am super happy with the results.

[laharview]

He brought telescopes with filters and another piece that tracked the eclipse taking shots every 5 minutes. My photo is a cell camera shot of the telescope image. Will post better photos when his site is updated.

[Fatherof5]

We drove 3hours and 45 min to a little town called st Claire mo.
Took 7 hours to get home ( traffic). Thankfully. I just finished my rear entertainment install over the weekend and we kept the kids reasonably occupied the whole time.

[Glidedon]

Thanks for posting photos.

 

I was in Greenhorn, OR near Prairie City did not encounter traffic or shortages.

[laharview]

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[Glidedon]

Solar Flares.jpg

Nice capture!

[ASD Dad]

Solar Flares.jpg

 

That is an amazing shot!

[laharview]

Heading to the next eclipse,

Texas in 2024.  Who's up for a road trip!

[Glidedon]

I'll be there.

[Chayelle]

We were headed to the airport at McBride, MO, which was right underneath the path, and in the

lowland next to the Mississippi river.

 

But after reading about all the traffic, we opted to go north of Fredrickstown, out in the country.

Found a narrow two lane road north, then east to Womack. Never did find Womack. But we did

end up at an old country church with perfect parking and position, just east of Womack,

as we later found out with Google maps assistance...

 

I won't post any as you have already some fine examples of what we got:  In addition to the eclipse

itself, we got the pink flares and the wedding ring...

 

Had a wonderful time camping out in our Nissan Cargo van... Cargi !   

 

Oh, and yes we really avoided the traffic. So glad we didn't go any further east.  

Edited by Chayelle, 19 October 2017 - 10:01 AM.