Apparitions

I thought I was done with this topic.

I thought I had shown you the best part about getting up before sunrise to capture a partial solar eclipse, but enjoying the pre-sunrise sky much more.

I thought I had written about how I had blown capturing the eclipse because I didn't use my neutral-density filter, thinking I could use highlight recovery to fix the blown-out sun, in post processing, only to prove myself wrong.

But there was more.

You see, I had my Nikon D750 on a tripod with my 24-70mm lens. And while this setup still didn't capture the eclipse in its full glory, I did have an ultraviolet filter on it, which I use to protect the glass.

It is a $2,000 lens, after all.

That extra layer of glass over the elements does something when the sun is in the camera's frame: it creates an apparition of light.

With a solar eclipse, the apparition shows the eclipse.

Do you see it? Find the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill and look down.

As I said last week, I was able to see the eclipse while I was setting up my shots. It seems my secondary camera was able to see it, too.

Happy Friday!