The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Over the several weeks, we’ll see quite a few photos of the solar eclipse. Most of them will be a heck of a lot better than mine (two are above – It’s a lot harder to take these types of photos than you’d think). So, rather than post a bunch of out-of-focus photos, I thought I would describe the experience instead. This was my first total solar eclipse and all the photos I’ve seen over the years don’t do the experience justice. I knew you needed special viewing glasses to prevent eye injury, but it never occurred to me that your camera needed protection, too. There’s a special solar filter you need to use otherwise you can actually melt the innards of your camera. Except during the period of totality. It’s still hard to focus though, mainly because I was so excited and was just trying to get as many photos as possible in the short amount of time. I was going to start a live FB session, but forgot until abo...