I decided to add this post to the Skywatch Friday as well.
You cannot imagine how much I sweated to click even these pictures, my zoom lens needs servicing and it had to happen when one of the biggest phenomenons had to occur in the sky.
Zoom lens acting funny or not I had to click as I am not likely or unlikely to be around when such a show happens again. And shooting with a tripod is such a pain for me. Even in this pleasant weather I sweated a bucket.
I rarely curse in public forums but today I feel like making an exception. My lousy camera has also developed a quirk about emptying the battery too soon. But if you take out the battery and put it in again it works fine. But not when it is mounted on a tripod, the battery won’t come out. I had to take the camera out of the tripod and then take out the battery. Then I would put the battery in, put the camera back on the tripod and then adjust it again. Also focus again with a lens that is misbehaving. That is how I enjoyed watching the eclipse! God knows how many times I did this sequence and in the process sweated maybe two buckets.
Was it worth it? Totally. As I said, I won’t be around to click the next big one. I know there would be spectacular pictures on the net but there is something about the pictures that you can call yours.
Fantastic pics, Mridula!! I was planning to stay up to see it, but fell asleep… missed the whole show 🙁
wow..they’re amazing.. 🙂
Spectacular priceless photos.
Loved the pics. Good result for all the pains you took. I know how frustrating it is when problems occur. I too have the problem with my zoom.
Amazing………..
Superb captures, Mridula! So glad you posted this on Sky Watch today! Really awesome! Have a lovely weekend!
Sylvia
Superb! Very nicely captured 🙂
What a wonderful thing to witness. I remember we had one here years ago–it was almost an “inspirational” experience because it was so awesome. How lucky you got to see it and take such great photos. Mickie 🙂
Trust me – the struggle hardly show in the pics 🙂 I missed taking pics of the eclipse 🙁
Yeah … may be it’s time to upgrade the camera! U have a 350 isn’t it?
Brilliant pictures. I missed it.
Brilliant pictures. looks like i totally missed it.