The Sun

yantorsen · 10 Dec 2008 at 02:18

Thought I'd try something different

Phate · 10 Dec 2008 at 02:26

Weren't you going to bed?

yantorsen · 10 Dec 2008 at 02:28

yeah, I got bored and couldn't sleep though

Phate · 10 Dec 2008 at 02:30

Hehe.

How did you take that shot?

Le_Petit_Lapin · 10 Dec 2008 at 02:34

Phate said:
Hehe.

How did you take that shot?

Would also like to know.

More to the point, how did you get a shot of the sun at 2:18am?

yantorsen · 10 Dec 2008 at 02:34

low exposure, 1/800 I think and ISO 80. Then just darkened it in PS.

And I took it a few days ago but only just realised it's potential with my tiredness

MikeHunt79 · 10 Dec 2008 at 03:04

Looks like the yellow bit of a fried egg

Peter-B · 10 Dec 2008 at 03:33

Are you sure it's not a grapefruit? :confused:

yantorsen · 10 Dec 2008 at 03:45

Peter-B said:
Are you sure it's not a grapefruit?

unless you get big floating grapefruit yes.

Steeps · 10 Dec 2008 at 06:19

The moon really is made of cheese

yantorsen · 10 Dec 2008 at 10:32

Steeps said:
The moon really is made of cheese

It's the sun!

steveo · 10 Dec 2008 at 10:38

baader filter ????

Mohain · 10 Dec 2008 at 10:54

The sun has a shadow on it??

yantorsen · 10 Dec 2008 at 11:01

steveo said:
baader filter ????

nope

Mohain said:
The sun has a shadow on it??

looks a bit like that, but its not really a shaddow

Messiah Khan · 10 Dec 2008 at 11:37

Im not sure that pointing a camera directly at the sun is a good idea tbh. I may be talking rubbish, but won't the suns rays be focused like going through a magnifying glass onto the sensor. Mmm, toasted sensor.. my favourite.

Mr Jones · 10 Dec 2008 at 11:45

It's a trap!

Sinopa · 10 Dec 2008 at 11:52

Messiah Khan said:
Im not sure that pointing a camera directly at the sun is a good idea tbh. I may be talking rubbish, but won't the suns rays be focused like going through a magnifying glass onto the sensor. Mmm, toasted sensor.. my favourite.

The sensor was only exposed for 1/800 sec. More of a problem for the shutter, if at or near the plane of focus.

Amp34 · 10 Dec 2008 at 12:48

I was wondering if using a 10 stop filter would get a good shot of the sun at say 300mm, not sure I want to try it though even if those filters are generally used for shooting very bright objects...

Messiah Khan · 10 Dec 2008 at 13:04

Amp34 said:
I was wondering if using a 10 stop filter would get a good shot of the sun at say 300mm, not sure I want to try it though even if those filters are generally used for shooting very bright objects...

Don't look at the sun through your camera, even if you have a ND filter on. The ND filter will stop a lot of light, but will still let through UV rays which can toast your eyes.

yantorsen · 10 Dec 2008 at 13:22

Messiah Khan said:
Don't look at the sun through your camera, even if you have a ND filter on. The ND filter will stop a lot of light, but will still let through UV rays which can toast your eyes.

Can always use liveview.