I took this photo of the solar eclipse on December 26th 2019, with a Fujifilm X-T2 and a sigma 150-500 at 500mm.
This took a lot of planning and preparation and the time window was very narrow to get this shot.
This was taken at a town called "Adam", in my country Oman.
I'm worried that it looks similar to David Strauss's photo "Atlas with the Sun" and that will result in Lee and Patrick hating it.
Not sure if it’s considered backlit, but I’m very proud of it
You should man. Serious competitor when people are voting this down.
Was this taken during a solar eclipse?! If so, that's absolutely amazing!
Omg how did I miss to mention this in the details?
Yes it was during the eclipse on Dec 26th
Took this photo in Adam, Oman
If people understood how technically difficult this is, not to mention the absolutely narrow window of time (a few minutes once in a decade? if not longer) they would be trying to rate it a 6. Way to go, man, and yes that's about as backlit as it gets in this solar system.
Incredible image man, good lord!
This is one of my favorite images of the bunch- but then again, I've seen three Total Solar Eclipses and an Annual and know what they look like. So, maybe I'm a bit biased.
The flare and light haze doesn't bother me at all, as it gives a sense of the extreme brightness of the sun. I don't think this would look as impressive as a composite. You wouldn't have gotten the backlit fringe around the horizon and the the head of the "headstand" guy.
I like that you can just see a bit of the chromosphere (the pink fringe at right.
A very natural looking image timed perfectly.
You even managed to get the timing right to evoke in Islamic crescent (albeit with the sun, not the moon).
The only thing that bugs me about it is the placement of the darn watermark. It ruins the clarity of the event for me..