Monday, May 21, 2012

Last Minute Photos--The Eclipse

Ralph and I waited until almost the very last second to take photos of the partial solar eclipse 5/20/12.  After the eclipse had already started I insisted we jump in the car and seek an open horizon so I could take photos.  We jumped in the car and drove toward the sun until we found a spot.


partial solar eclipse 5/20/12


I had a polarized filter from my ancient manual film camera that I held up in front of the lens on my camera.  The clouds helped by toning things down a little. 



partial solar eclipe 5/30/23

And it's gone.  I really am  the Queen of the Last Minute.


If you want to see a really good picture that was taken only a few miles from this one check out this photo on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Facebook page here.


And for gorgeous landscape pictures check out the contest winners on Flickr

2 comments:

Therese's Treasures said...

Hi Leslie,
Great shot!
At least you got that picture and got to see the eclipse. I was in the house working on a project while it was happening.
Therese

Angela said...

Off-topic, Leslie: I gave you an award on my blog for being awesome.