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Who's going to shoot the Total Eclipse?
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<blockquote data-quote="480sparky" data-source="post: 630521" data-attributes="member: 15805"><p>My feeling is: It's gonna be another 7 years before the next one rolls around. I may not be drawing breath by then. So I want to experience this one.</p><p></p><p>Experience is the operative word here. I'm going to have a whopping 2:27 of totality where I plan on parking my carcass for it. Two and a half minutes. That ain't much time to mess around with a camera. Fiddling with settings, chimping the images, changing this n that.</p><p></p><p>No thanks. I'd rather have the whole even saved on my Gray Matter Hard Drive instead. Besides, there's folks who spend their lives chasing eclipses all over the world with much more experience (both scientific and photographic) that will produce images that will make anything I take look like I'm 6 years old and shooting with a Brownie.</p><p></p><p>IF (another operative word there) the sky cooperates and I get to enjoy such a sublime and stunning event, and I just happen to be able to get to my brothers' place south of Dallas in 2024, I may try a camera then.</p><p></p><p>A total solar eclipse is usually a once-in-a-lifetime event. I'm going to do everything humanly possible to get to this one. I'm getting to my location a week ahead of time to (hopefully) secure a decent camp site. Once that's done, I'm going to tool around and enjoy the local sights then take it easy while the area gets flooded on the weekend.</p><p></p><p>Monday morning, I'll get up and have a heapen' pile of bisquits and gravy for breakfast. Then tromp up the hill with a chair, some snacks, some water and some sunscreen. Sit, wait, watch and soak it all in.</p><p></p><p>All of it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As a side note; <strong>IF</strong> you can find a copy of it, <em>Totality</em> by Fred Espanek is a great non-technical book on the subject. And don't forget to order your eclipse glasses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="480sparky, post: 630521, member: 15805"] My feeling is: It's gonna be another 7 years before the next one rolls around. I may not be drawing breath by then. So I want to experience this one. Experience is the operative word here. I'm going to have a whopping 2:27 of totality where I plan on parking my carcass for it. Two and a half minutes. That ain't much time to mess around with a camera. Fiddling with settings, chimping the images, changing this n that. No thanks. I'd rather have the whole even saved on my Gray Matter Hard Drive instead. Besides, there's folks who spend their lives chasing eclipses all over the world with much more experience (both scientific and photographic) that will produce images that will make anything I take look like I'm 6 years old and shooting with a Brownie. IF (another operative word there) the sky cooperates and I get to enjoy such a sublime and stunning event, and I just happen to be able to get to my brothers' place south of Dallas in 2024, I may try a camera then. A total solar eclipse is usually a once-in-a-lifetime event. I'm going to do everything humanly possible to get to this one. I'm getting to my location a week ahead of time to (hopefully) secure a decent camp site. Once that's done, I'm going to tool around and enjoy the local sights then take it easy while the area gets flooded on the weekend. Monday morning, I'll get up and have a heapen' pile of bisquits and gravy for breakfast. Then tromp up the hill with a chair, some snacks, some water and some sunscreen. Sit, wait, watch and soak it all in. All of it. As a side note; [B]IF[/B] you can find a copy of it, [I]Totality[/I] by Fred Espanek is a great non-technical book on the subject. And don't forget to order your eclipse glasses. [/QUOTE]
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