Lawrence resident Tom Soetaert took this photograph looking west over Clinton Lake, catching a dramatic sunset and the “ring of fire” solar eclipse Sunday evening. The eclipse occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges.
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Comments
lucyjj 12 months ago
Tom, this is a great photo. It must have been very exciting when you realized you were going to get this shot. Do you mind sharing your camera settings for this?
tao7 12 months ago
Thanks! It was very exciting to see how the clouds were going to add to the eclipse. I had manual settings on aperture and shutter. Aperture was set anywhere from F22-29 and shutter was up around 2500-4000. White balance was set for sunny. No filters were used although a UV or polarizing filter would have been nice.
blindrabbit 12 months ago
Spectacular photo; must submit to National Geo. for inclusion! Almost looks like a science fiction rendering!
lucyjj 12 months ago
My wife calls it apocalyptic. I don't know, filters might have supressed the vivid contrasts. You got it right, I think.
verity 12 months ago
Fantastic!
My photos were a failure and now I feel even worse.
Frankie8 12 months ago
Gorgeous, what a wonderful planet we live on. All those colors come from one source, the sun and everything the light hits reflects it differently.
By any chance will there be a print available? This would be lovely to hang on the wall.
tao7 12 months ago
Thanks everyone! I can make prints available. I am getting ready to order some, probably sometime at the beginning of next week. My email is thom123@ku.edu. Let me know.
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