Eclipse Pt 3

Several hours before the eclipse began, we did a quick exploration of the Farm to scout the best place to shoot from come totality. I, wifey, really wanted to shoot the horizon with the sun/lack there of somewhere in the background. With totality scheduled around 1:00 pm local time, this proved impossible, so we finally settled on shooting just the sun/moon itself from the side yard.

All wifeys photography research and experience (cough cough) did not prepare her for exactly how bright the partial eclipse still would be!  Luckily her father in law came to the rescue with his welding helmet lens. Using it as an additional filter, all of the partial eclipse shots below were possible!  Thank you, FIL!

Part of planning months in advance of the eclipse included purchasing eclipse classes from Amazon early and promptly growing complacent that we were ready!  A week or two before this weekend, our glasses were recalled!   This time it was wifeys mother in law who saved the day and bought us replacements at a local store. All of the retail outlets and online were sold out near our home!  Thank you, MIL!!!

Come totality, no lens was needed and those pics were just shot with a D3200, lens at 300 mm.

Panoramics and selfies shot with iPhone 7+!