Eclipse.

[Urgat]

Did you see it?

I got some pics.

 

[old.Tohtori]

No sun to be seen here, cloudy as f*ck. Ta for the images though, probably watch a video on it and just place that memory i my brain instead

 

[Raven]

Used a welding mask to watch it. Not as good as the one in the 90s but then not much is!

 

[Lethul]

Cloudy as shit here

 

[Poag]

So much cloud cover here it was already so dark the street lights were on

 

[old.Tohtori]

Interesting, brother took a pic of the thing with his phone. The phone can't record the eclipse itself, but the lens flare on the picture does have the shape.

 

[Shagrat]

Perfectly clear sky in Leicestershire. Was prettty eerie

 

[Job]

Looked better with slight cloud...nowhere as good as the one I saw in Devon in the 90's, it went pitch black and all the cows started mooing.

 

[fettoken]

Hope you guys took safety precautions in regards to not viewing the eclipse without special eyewear.

Used a welding mask to watch it. Not as good as the one in the 90s but then not much is!

Our welding teacher used one of these.

 

[old.user4556]

It was great up here, went rather dark, birds started singing. The cloud came and went.

 

[Gray]

Was up near Kirby Stephen in Cumbria for birthday, sunny warm weather all week, come Friday morning, cloudy as fuck! Typical.

 

[Exioce]

Fabulous from Edinburgh. Generally clear but occasionally a big cloud would drift over so you could see with the naked eye. Heath Robinson'd two pairs of sunglasses and my 10 stop filter otherwise for a great view

 

[CorNokZ]

Never forget

 

[Edmond]

I tried to look at it, but the bloody moon got in the way

 

[Overdriven]

From my lovely office i saw clouds. Barely any visibility of anything.

At 1pm? Could see across fucking London.

Timing is sensational.

 

[sayward]

Thick cloud on south coast. Absolutely nothing. 6 degrees before, during and afterwards. yet sunny afternoon! But son saw it clearly in Manchester. Sods law.

 

[Scouse]

Cool thing to do during an eclipse


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feR12pQ8dXc

 

[Tom]

I think, perhaps, that they might have invested in a couple of battery-powered HMIs. So we could actually see them during the eclipse...

I watched a video yesterday of this eclipse, somewhere in Scandinavia. It was full of photographers snapping away as though their lives depended on it. Now call me an idiot but photographs of eclipses are all over the internet, and are usually of extremely high quality. So given that it's often a once in a lifetime event, would you rather be looking at it through a viewfinder, or actually looking at it? I'd fuck the camera off and just experience the moment.

 

[old.user4556]

Tom you're absolutely correct; I snapped one image to the surprise of friends and colleagues who asked me why I never had my camera with me. I told them that I wanted to enjoy it and simply watch it.

Your question is part of a bigger debate around photography and the saturation of images (pardon the pun). Go to any concert now and you're met with a sea of smartphones recording minutes of crappy footage, never to be watched again. Moments in time are passing us by.

 

[Scouse]

I'd fuck the camera off and just experience the moment

That's exactly what I did...

 

[Job]

Says me who took a photo of it.
I find myself.saying to the missus on holiday, 'don't bother, just get the pic off streetview when we get back.

 

[Tom]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRAkhQ6CfmA


There it is. Those people are more concerned with getting a dubious-quality photograph than they are watching it.

 

[Mabs]

while i wouldnt argue that, surely part of it is it is YOUR dubious-quality photo ?

 

[Wij]

Couldn't see shit tbh.

 

[leggy]

Tom you're absolutely correct; I snapped one image to the surprise of friends and colleagues who asked me why I never had my camera with me. I told them that I wanted to enjoy it and simply watch it.

Your question is part of a bigger debate around photography and the saturation of images (pardon the pun). Go to any concert now and you're met with a sea of smartphones recording minutes of crappy footage, never to be watched again. Moments in time are passing us by.

And these same cunts are ruining the gig for people who like music.. Me.