The clouds parted and I managed to take these shots through a spare pair of solar eclipse glasses as every other method or setting I tried just resulted in a whiteout of the image.
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Nice one !
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Brilliant Fruitcake…
Here’s my attempt…I still can’t make out the fine detail on my computer screen…I’m sure my sight will return to normal sometime during the week…
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Excellent … 
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Thar’s what all my photos looked like until the brains of the outfit, aka my Lovely Cousin, said, “Why not put the eclipse glasses over the camera lens?”
I had to give up my arc welder when my pacemaker was fitted, and I sold the visor that went with it. I had used that previously for the last partial eclipse but then my Lovely remembered we had bought a pack of glasses for a total eclipse in the USA but never got to go because of ill health.
They are only cheap cardboard with plastic lenses, a bit like 3D glasses that get handed out at cinemas, but they were worth every penny.
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Nice! Those pictures are very clear. Great job.
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Here’s mine
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That’s pretty good. It’s just a shame about the cloud.
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Without the cloud it would be a big white blob. I used the cloud as a filter
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There’s another partial solar eclipse across the UK and other parts of Europe today, starting about now and peaking at around 11 am GMT.
The best place to see it apparently will be in Canada where it could be up to 90% coverage. This of course has been enhanced by an additional 25% from the trump administration.
Brilliant warleyron…
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Using one lens from a pair of eclipse glasses over the camera lens as a filter: -
X30 optical zoom
X30 optical + X30 digital zoom
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Unfortunately, I missed it as I had a prior engagement as getting a good photo of an eclipse is on my ‘photo bucket list’. Naturally if I was free when this was all happening, it would have been cloudy and seen nothing. Maybe next time.
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I didn’t bother, more concerned on what it might do to the camera sensor.
Outstanding Fruitcake…
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Brilliant photo’s everyone. I was unable to see it as we were at a fair.
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It just reminded me of a photo I took while cycling the coast to coast (St Bees Head to Robin Hoods Bay) back in 1999. No smartphones then, not even mobile phones. It was taken on a 35 mm camera, probably an Instamatic.
It suddenly went pitch black, very quiet, and all the birds stopped singing…
Them was the days…
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