On July 22, 2009, the moon blocked out the sun and darkness covered a part of the world at daytime – a rare phenomenon called a solar eclipse. With my Canon EOS 450D camera and kit lens, I’ve managed to take some quite good photos of it.
Yesterday, I was one of the millions of people who witnessed the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century, a very rare phenomenon. The eclipse lasted for about 6 minutes and 39 seconds but the whole transition lasted for more than 2 hours, from 8:30 AM to 11AM (at my timezone) and I’m sure most of the people with special abilities lost their powers for that time period. Below are a few shots I’ve taken during the rare event. I’ve used a Canon EOS 450D with kit lens. I know I could’ve taken better pictures with a zoom lens but I don’t have one so I’ll stick to what I’ve got. I know it’s dangerous to focus your DSLR directly at the sun, especially this is only a partial eclipse, so I’ve used a welding glass as a filter. I hope you enjoy a few of my handpicked shots below. It was taken in front of the house.
Tags: Canon EOS 450D, eclipse, Photography, total solar eclipse
July 24th, 2009
at 12:03 am
Awesome pictures man!
July 24th, 2009
at 2:07 am
Haha I wasn’t able to see this! Boo me.
August 7th, 2009
at 4:00 am
Solar eclipses are fun. Cool pictures too. The green makes it look very creepy.
August 26th, 2009
at 10:22 am
i didn’t witness that solar eclipse, I’m at work. Nice filter my man! welding glass. smart ey!
August 27th, 2009
at 2:44 pm
Ang galing talaga ni Bro!
ang ganda din pala ng photos ng Canon EOS 450D!
August 27th, 2009
at 9:25 pm
Nasa photographer at lens lang yan bro.
June 2nd, 2011
at 9:09 am
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