<< Back to gallery

Photographer:

Pierre Arpin

Location of Photo:

Hao atoll

Date/Time of photo:

July 11th 2010

Equipment:

ModifieBAYd Nikon D40 DSLR to accept standard cable release making possible to shoot manually a sequence of 3 images /sec during a long period. 500 mm F/5 catadioptric telephoto bought on E-Bay The camera was mounted on a std tripod without any drive.

Description:

I wanted to shoot the breakup of the thin solar crescent to show clearly Baily`s beads. This one shows cleaely 5 beads just seconds before totality. Exposure 1/1000 sec ISO 200

Comments


You must be logged in to post a comment.