Picture taken from the UK on 1 August 2008 with a Canon EOS 350, 300mm lens, 2x converter and a home made solar filter. Camera set at ISO400 with an exposure of 1/250 of a second.
Warning observing the Sun is dangerous – never look at the Sun through a telescope or camera without the use of a properly secured, working solar filter.
The eclipse on March 3, 2007 showing the noon at totality surrounded by the major stars of Leo. This really shows the “pinkness” of the Moon caused by sunlight scattered in the Earth’s outer atmosphere
An eclipse almost one year later on February 21, 2008 with the moon in the West instead of the East. The weather was poorer in 2008 and the shot had to be taken through the clouds.
Both images captured with a William Optics SD66Z, focal reducer and a Canon EOS 350 DSLR. Unguided, mounted on a photographic tripod. The image at the top is a half second exposure whereas the second was a one second exposure because the weather conditions were worse and the cloud was patchy. The March 07 eclipse occured in the evening and the February 08 eclipse in the early hours of the evening so the Moon was rising in the first and setting in the second.