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05/23/2007 09:47:23 PM · #1 |
Well it's only 10 years away! The U.S. will get a total solar eclipse. I wonder if my D70 will make it !
Check out the map. Are you in the path?
KenSkid
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05/23/2007 09:50:26 PM · #2 |
| Thanks for the heads up -- you've really set out a task for us dedicated procrastinators ... : ) |
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05/23/2007 09:58:30 PM · #3 |
I have moved 4 times (not counting moving within the same metro) in the last 10 years. Who knows where the hell i will be:)
Message edited by author 2007-05-23 22:02:26. |
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05/23/2007 09:59:07 PM · #4 |
| Well, I'm in South Carolina now. Any chance you could speed this thing up? :) |
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05/23/2007 10:01:40 PM · #5 |
Thanks, I set my alarm clock. :P
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05/23/2007 10:40:19 PM · #6 |
GTG in Charleston, SC!  Noraneko can organize.
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05/23/2007 10:41:40 PM · #7 |
| Darn, I'm in the wrong hemisphere!! |
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05/23/2007 10:45:02 PM · #8 |
WOOT!!! Tennessee baby!! LOL
Maybe I will have a lens that can shoot it by then??
ROFLMAO!! hehehehhehhehee |
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05/23/2007 10:45:44 PM · #9 |
Dang! I have to do yard work that day. ;)
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05/23/2007 10:47:14 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
GTG in Charleston, SC! Noraneko can organize. |
What? I'm not organized enough? Reliable enough? Oh. . wait. . . I'm not.
Sorry, back to your regularly scheduled thread, already in progress. :) |
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05/23/2007 10:52:01 PM · #11 |
I'll try to remembr to get out to see it. : )
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05/23/2007 10:55:02 PM · #12 |
NO WAY!
it passes right over Southern St. Louis.
but...10 years from now...who knows where I'll be residing. Hopefully retired on the beaches on Italy. |
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05/23/2007 11:01:34 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by EBJones:
Originally posted by levyj413:
GTG in Charleston, SC! Noraneko can organize. |
What? I'm not organized enough? Reliable enough? Oh. . wait. . . I'm not.
Sorry, back to your regularly scheduled thread, already in progress. :) |
Oops. Guess I should've read the rest of the thread more carefully. Sure, you can organize. :)
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05/23/2007 11:10:04 PM · #14 |
| I'm already making my plans for observing the 2017 eclipse. |
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05/23/2007 11:23:36 PM · #15 |
Darn, it's suppose to rain that day... and living in Oregon I have better than even odds of being right.
LOL!
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05/24/2007 01:00:52 PM · #16 |
| This is TOTALLY just a bump for the Eclipse. |
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05/24/2007 01:03:38 PM · #17 |
Wow, on my wedding day, that's AWESOME! :-)
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05/24/2007 01:10:23 PM · #18 |
Maybe you can get a little when the lights go out !
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Wow, on my wedding day, that's AWESOME! :-) |
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05/24/2007 01:18:42 PM · #19 |
You know, I was really pretty excited about it (and still am), but I don't know if it's quite the photography event that people may hope. Eclipse photos pretty well look entirely the same. One secret would be to go to an area where the sun is fairly low on the horizon when it is eclipsed so you can put some landscape in the shot. That might be pretty cool.
Anyway, I do very much want to see one, but at this point, I'm not salivating at actually photographing it.
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05/24/2007 01:24:38 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Wow, on my wedding day, that's AWESOME! :-) |
Does Cindi know?
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05/24/2007 01:48:36 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
You know, I was really pretty excited about it (and still am), but I don't know if it's quite the photography event that people may hope. Eclipse photos pretty well look entirely the same. One secret would be to go to an area where the sun is fairly low on the horizon when it is eclipsed so you can put some landscape in the shot. That might be pretty cool.
Anyway, I do very much want to see one, but at this point, I'm not salivating at actually photographing it. |
Don't underestimate the impact of the experience - or the photos you'll take. Eclipse photos may look very similar, but there's something about having your own photos. Total solar eclipses are very rare, visiting any particular location on Earth only once every 375 years, on average. The vast majority of people have never seen one and never will. I have not been lucky enough to observe one myself yet, but have spoken to many people who have, and have read many first hand accounts. There is something primal and visceral that affects people very deeply at the disappearing of the sun in mid-day. Even highly trained and disciplined scientists have been known to freeze, unable to tear their eyes from the terrifying sight of a black hole in the sky. Others burst into tears, or gasp audibly. It is simply an experience not to be missed.
That said, you're absolutely correct that some of the best eclipse photos are those that capture the sun with some kind of foreground context for drama or added interest. From my chosen location (near St. Louis), the sun's altitude when totality begins is 63 degrees, so I'll have to be creative to get any foreground subjects.
August 21, 2017. Don't miss it! |
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05/24/2007 01:59:42 PM · #22 |
I saw a total solar eclipse back in 1999 in France.. It was an incredibly moving experience, especially since we was in a field full of thousands of other people, and when it went dark? man, hearing the birds stop singing and seeing the stars come out all in the middle of the day is an incredibly creepy feeling, but at the same time since I, we, were sharing it with millions of other people in the path of totality, the crowd vibe is something that words really cannot describe. If I can make it out to the US to see it in ten years I will defintely make the trip, trust me, it is a truely incredibly experience. Do anything to get in the path of totality, its amazing..
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05/24/2007 02:01:42 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by strangeghost:
There is something primal and visceral that affects people very deeply at the disappearing of the sun in mid-day. Even highly trained and disciplined scientists have been known to freeze, unable to tear their eyes from the terrifying sight of a black hole in the sky. Others burst into tears, or gasp audibly. It is simply an experience not to be missed.
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Beautifully put, but not even close to how it feels...
Primal... yeah, thats a good choice of word. and when the light returns, you almost hear a massive sigh of relief from the crowd..
primal.. yeah, I like it. |
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05/24/2007 02:05:49 PM · #24 |
No, I totally hear you guys. I'm definitely going to search one out for the experience. We had the eclipse here in Washington in 1979 (or was it '76?), but I didn't get to experience it being only 8 and having it cloudy anyway.
I just didn't want to lose the experience because I'm fiddling with my camera and the proper exposure for a picture which looks similar to two million other total eclipse photos being taken.
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05/24/2007 02:08:17 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
No, I totally hear you guys. I'm definitely going to search one out for the experience. We had the eclipse here in Washington in 1979 (or was it '76?), but I didn't get to experience it being only 8 and having it cloudy anyway.
I just didn't want to lose the experience because I'm fiddling with my camera and the proper exposure for a picture which looks similar to two million other total eclipse photos being taken. |
Drachoo. hit the nail on the head mate, you will be drooling like an ape at the sight of it you wont have a chance to hit the shutter release. There will be pictures of it all over the papers and on the news afterwards, use your eyes and it in will be the most memorable few minutes of your life.
Anyway, enough posts from me for a day.. :) |
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