Unfortunately it was a little cloudy down here in Costa Rica - I do not have a tripod - my fastest and longest lens is my Nikkon 18-200VR f5.6.

Nikon D40 - 18-200 @ 200mm - - - - all heavily cropped obviously



Manual Exposure - f8 @ 1/250 second 400ISO


Manual Exposure - f8 @ 1/160 second 400ISO


Manual Exposure - f5.6 @ 1/2 second 400ISO


Manual Exposure - f5.6 @ 1/2 second 400ISO


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Proof that the "SUNNY 16 RULE" applies to the moon as much as it does the earth:



ISO 200 - - - f16 @ 1/200'th second


What a view from my spot on the sidewalk at 11:00PM tonight (12:00PM eastern time) - I just about fell asleep for the night under the Costa Rican skies:


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Unfortunately I do not have any software with me for layering composites, so FTP'd a selection of my files from last night to my 3D animation buddy in Canada so that he could arrange them into a sequence. This was his result:



Here is the full size version of what he made up:

Rob_eclipse_comp_01.jpg


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it was too cold and too overcast for me to do anything here in NYS, but this is a beautiful composite! Thanks for sharing with us. how often did you shoot a pic? how much time would you estimate is between images posted above?

Just curious. I love these shots.

The whole process lasted from about 7:30PM to 11:30PM (Costa Rica time). I just took shots at regular intervals, generally 15 to 20 minutes. Sometimes cloud made it so I couldn't get the shot at an ideal time - it also restricted me from getting a full moon shot for the start of the sequence. I think that the moon was covered for almost an hour, so there was a big wait there. The first shot in my series above was taken at 7:50PM and the last shot was taken at 11:05PM.

I am providing prints of the composite to any who are interested (cover printing and shipping costs). Richard in Canada is going to look after getting the printing and shipping done for me. He is having a printer make up a 7"x30" this weekend so that we can see what sizes work best. May use that size as a base or even have a bigger print option if that is what is asked for. Just Email or PM me if you are interested.