2024 Eclipse

Taking photos of an eclipse can be pretty cool, but only if you’re in the path of full totality. Here in southeastern Massachusetts we were not.

For those in the path who had clear skies, it was nice to see all of the images posted on social media. This one is my favorite.

A local photographer, Bob Wydro, travelled some distance north to photograph the full eclipse only to find a sky full of clouds. Fortunately he was able to make the best of it.

Here, there were only a few clouds but the situation was still challenging. The partially obscured sun was high in the sky and, even with a 10 stop ND filter, it was still very bright, washing everything out. The only hope of having a visible foreground element was as a silhouette. And the only thing nearby to use for that were the trees in the backyard.

So that’s what I did. And the photo to the left is the result. Not a great shot but it’s something to mark the occasion. I should have used a longer lens but of course I was too lazy to set up a tripod, etc.

But now that I know how all this works and what to do and not to do, I guess I’ll be ready for the next eclipse — when it happens in 40 years of so.