Solar EclipsePosted By Alex McConahay |
I was with the Asociacion Panamena de Aficionados a la Astronomia at Penonome, Panama, on April 8 for the annular eclipse. We had not seen the sun for a week in Central America, but out hopes were high when about three hours before first contact, the sky was mostly blue. At first contact, we were set up on the airfield, and I got this picture. I had planned to make a collage of shots ten minutes apart, but, alas--the cloud god took over after about half an hour. Luckily, he relented just enough so that I can officially say I saw the eclipse, and was not skunked. Here is the first contact picture, and in the next post, I have the closest the camera could come to annularity.
Alex
(Canon 20D, 75-300 mm Canon zoom with Tamron doubler, 1/500th, I believe, 200 ISO, Baader solar filter. )
Alex
(Canon 20D, 75-300 mm Canon zoom with Tamron doubler, 1/500th, I believe, 200 ISO, Baader solar filter. )