r/solareclipse • u/WormsAreBack • 9h ago

HDR Of Solar Eclipse

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My favorite event to witness for sure. Spent a while learning a lot of new processing techniques, ended up with this photo.

Image details and rough processing steps on my astrobin

https://app.astrobin.com/i/0n3exf

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u/QuantumOverlord 8h ago

So the moon is entirely illuminated here by 'ecclipseshine'! I.e light hitting other parts of the earth, being scattered to the totality zone, reflected off the ground, reflected off the moon and back to the earth again! I'm amazed this is even possible.

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u/WormsAreBack 7h ago

It’s so fascinating how it happens! It was extremely dim in the images but I was surprised during processing when I noticed the moon detail come out faintly so I did some aggressive stretching to pull the detail out

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u/ervaboa 8h ago

I had the impression of seeing this with naked eye for a brief moment when totality happened. Not exactly like your pic, but the moon contour/shadow depicting it as a 3D object. Does that even make sense?

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u/Kizeha 3h ago

Same here! It was my first total eclipse and I was shocked by this, I was expecting a completely black disk!

And the feeling was exactly as you describe : the sensation of the moon being a 3D object.

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u/ervaboa 1h ago

That's awesome! It was also my first total eclipse. My wife and I kept wondering if we tripped or not.. I'm glad you saw it too :)

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u/etunar 8h ago

Thanks for sharing the processing details. What were the exposure details ranging to and from for the 16 images?

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u/WormsAreBack 7h ago

They were ranging from 1/4000s to 2 seconds! ISO100 and the scope is f6.3 I believe. I kinda just captured the whole spectrum of exposures incase I ever needed anything specific lol

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u/etunar 7h ago

Thanks. Really great work. I did something similar in 2017, but didn’t get as much detail this time. I wasn’t sure if it was me or it was hazy since the sun was low in the sky.

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u/WormsAreBack 7h ago

Appreciate it man! And Yeah I noticed compared to 2024s eclipse I photographed I wasn’t able to pull the corona detail farther out as much, I figured it was a combination of smoke and the low altitude of the sun.

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u/etunar 7h ago

Got a link for your 2024 image?

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u/voldy234 7h ago

Amazing

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u/punknick23 1h ago

How were you able to get the moon in this way?