So I finally processed my eclipse photos …

After seven hours of driving what would have been a 4 1/2 hour road trip back from Newport, Vermont, I got home, put the SD card from my camera into my computer terminal to save my eclipse photos, then went to sleep. Woke up Tuesday morning, banged out a quick blog post, and then went on my day.

Last night, I finally got around to processing some of these incredible eclipse photos.

And it’s time to share what I’ve done.

Let’s start with totality. I took several shots of the brilliant totality of the moon covering the sun … and after processing them, this was what I feel was my best shot of the bunch.

Totality in Newport. Nikon Df camera, Matusov 1100 mirror lens. Photo (c) 2024 Chuck Miller, all rights reserved.

Okay. I see you. This looks great.

But I want that classic eclipse shot of the sun trail with the moon passing in front of it. So I took some of my eclipse photos, spaced them into a 10-minute-per-shot interval, and … well …

Newport Eclipse. Nikon Df camera, Matusov 1100 mirror lens with Thousand Oaks solar filter. (c) 2024 Chuck Miller, all rights reserved.

This I like. I can blow this up to approximately 84×12 and have it printed on resin or metal. This would look incredible in an art gallery, or in a corporate boardroom.

But I want to take this one step farther. Forget 10-minute intervals. Let’s stretch this out to 5-minute intervals. And while we’re at it … let’s create a little infinite image from this project.

And we do a little something like this.

Hit it.

How God Sees an Eclipse. Nikon Df camera, Matusov 1100mm lens with Thousand Oaks filter. Photo (c) 2024 Chuck Miller, all rights reserved.

You know what? I see this going straight into the short pile for Competition Season 2024.

I mean … don’t you? 😀