jamesadamtaylor: Exploration/ Adventure/ Public Lands/After a…
Exploration/ Adventure/ Public Lands/
After a wedding shoot on Saturday I spent 10 hours on Sunday driving up to Malheur National Forest in Oregon to catch the eclipse on Monday morning.
In an ideal world I would have arrived a day or so early to scout a location and would have rented a telephoto lens with an eclipse filter. But you do what you can with what you have when an opportunity arrises.
I had never seen a total eclipse before this one. It’s an amazing experience. I wish it was something that lasted much longer. The sun dims slowly at first until the world is illuminated with a dim very direct light then suddenly darkness with only the pure white glow of the suns corona.
To me, the most amazing takeaway was how apparent it is that the moon is an object floating through the heavens. In total shadow, it seemed more three dimensional than it does under normal viewing conditions.
It was also interesting to experience the temperature change, stillness of the air, and the confused sounds of evening birdsongs in the dark moments of morning.
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