Solar Eclipse From Dallas
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AlanLichty
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Worked out quite well. Almost leaves you wondering about all the gear we often carry when handheld gets a result like this.
Hey Craig, I had no idea that you were going after the eclipse too.
It doesn't take much to get off the center line for Totality. But you still came away with something really nice.
And I totally get you about the tripod angel. As the sun got closer to totality it got higher in the sky, and you had to twist more like a pretzel in order to see through the viewfinder.
You should have come down to where I was by the town of Leakey. The ranch I was on was perfect. No traffic at all. For all of the talk of horrible traffic before and after the eclipse, that was only around the super large towns. I had zero traffic as I left after the eclipse and headed west away from San Antonio on the I-10. Gas wasn't an issue, it was looking totally normal.
It doesn't take much to get off the center line for Totality. But you still came away with something really nice.
And I totally get you about the tripod angel. As the sun got closer to totality it got higher in the sky, and you had to twist more like a pretzel in order to see through the viewfinder.
You should have come down to where I was by the town of Leakey. The ranch I was on was perfect. No traffic at all. For all of the talk of horrible traffic before and after the eclipse, that was only around the super large towns. I had zero traffic as I left after the eclipse and headed west away from San Antonio on the I-10. Gas wasn't an issue, it was looking totally normal.
ckcarr
Founding Member
Well, I wasn't exactly in Dallas, more the country in Pilot Point. It's just large horse ranches and was deserted. It was dead quiet, no traffic. They were sure trying to make it more than it was. Although I flew there and drove back, and the storms from Monday night through Tuesday were fierce. We had so much rain at her place Monday night that I found a catfish on her front lawn that must have tried to swim from the ponds... And there were two major wrecks on the drive back, which shut down the highway twice, for an hour each time. All I saw were Colorado, Utah and California license plates..
Mike Lewis
Staff Member
That is still a great result! Very impressive. Especially hand held. it was hard to shoot oin a tripod as it was so directly overhead. I was near Fredricksburg and had only a few fleeting glimpses through the clouds
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Darcy Grizzle
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Awesome result. I agree with the tripod angle, sheesh didn't work for me either. I handheld but got nothing like this from Missouri, where we were it was 99.1% totality. I am not even going to post them here.