Partial Ecilpse of the Sun

Partial Ecilpse of the Sun

Series of photos combined to show how the moon progressed across the face of the sun as itself moved across the sky up to maximum coverage of approximately 90%.

I just enjoyed the spectacle and the errie twighlight and sudden drop in temperature

Canon 5D mark ii
Takumar 200mm f3.5 lens set at f22 fited with 2 Circular polarizing filters
Iso 50 and shutter speed 1/8000 th second
Series of four photos 4 mins apart with a gap of 2 min followed by the last two, 1 minute apart just as the eclipse reached maximum coverage ~90%

Photos combined in photoshop but no other post processing