Totality: An HDR composite image of yesterday's eclipse. This photo used 5 cameras to capture thousands of photos during a 4 minute period. My goal was to capture the magic of the visual experience, and I hope this photo evokes similar emotions I experienced while watching it.
The full 368 megapixel photo has extreme detail and dynamic range, and quite close to how things appeared through my binoculars as the diamond ring popped out. Here's a free high res mobile wallpaper and the limited edition print: cosmicbackground.io/pages/total-ec…
The planning for this shot has been in the work for years. In fact, the stars for this shot has to be captured many months in advance, as the bright corona overwhelms the faint ones! So you're seeing everything that was in the sky in this field of view around the eclipse.
@AJamesMcCarthy Honest question is it impossible to get any detail of the moons surface without overexposing the edges of the moon. I see what I presume are reflections from the solar flares overexposed around the edges of the moon a bit. To get rid of the reflections does the moon get too dark?
@AJamesMcCarthy Any chance of a desktop version? Happy to pay for that.
@AJamesMcCarthy Amazing! I’d love to buy the full resolution photo
@AJamesMcCarthy Andrew, would you share the images you took separately that were then combined to product this? I'd love to see the separate pieces that make this whole
@AJamesMcCarthy Amazing work ! Anybody (scientist or anybody who has the answer) could tell me what has caused this pattern ?