Following the Sun
I don’t get too excited about photographing sunrises and sunsets. It can be a bit cliché. However, sometimes it is so beautiful, you just can’t help yourself.
![Lake Superior Sunset Lake Superior Sunset](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/0608_RE_4448.jpg)
![Fiery Sunset Fiery Sunset](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/100824E9857.jpg)
However, I do include the sun quite often in my photos. It can be very dramatic if you can catch it at the right time.![Spring Thaw, Bruce Peninsula, ON Spring Thaw, Bruce Peninsula, ON](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/170227G6187.jpg)
![Spring Ice Formations Spring Ice Formations](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/150430D6501.jpg)
![Canoeing the French at Dawn Canoeing the French at Dawn](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/090801C7315.jpg)
Of course silhouettes are fun to shoot as well.![Oil Pumpjack at Dawn Oil Pumpjack at Dawn](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/120722C8854.jpg)
![Great Sandhills at Sunset Great Sandhills at Sunset](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/0606_RE_9243.jpg)
This summer the sun was one the dominant subjects with the solar eclipse visible in much of North American to some degree. I was tempted to try to photograph it here in Toronto. I have a ten stop neutral density filter but that is not quite strong enough to protect my eyes and camera. Lee Filters sells a Solar filter that is 20 stops and a deep blue colour that removes harmful infrared light. I hope to get one of these for the next eclipse:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/8485854753/lee-filters-introduces-solar-eclipse-filter-and-new-filter-wash-fluid
I was also not in the path of the total eclipse. So, what was I to do? I didn’t want to risk my camera or my eyes. The best thing I could come up with was to create an illustration in Photoshop:![Solar Eclipse (digital illustration) Solar Eclipse (digital illustration)](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/170823Eclipse_Illus_2.jpg)
The next solar eclipse will have a path through Ontario. April 8th 2024 will provide an opportunity for many of us here in southern Ontario to witness one first hand. I will have my filters and be ready. Now if we can just get clear skies that day…
![Lake Superior Sunset Lake Superior Sunset](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/0608_RE_4448.jpg)
Lake Superior Sunset
![Fiery Sunset Fiery Sunset](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/100824E9857.jpg)
Fiery Sunset
However, I do include the sun quite often in my photos. It can be very dramatic if you can catch it at the right time.
![Spring Thaw, Bruce Peninsula, ON Spring Thaw, Bruce Peninsula, ON](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/170227G6187.jpg)
Spring Thaw, Bruce Peninsula, ON
![Spring Ice Formations Spring Ice Formations](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/150430D6501.jpg)
Spring Ice Formations
![Canoeing the French at Dawn Canoeing the French at Dawn](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/090801C7315.jpg)
Canoeing the French at Dawn
Of course silhouettes are fun to shoot as well.
![Oil Pumpjack at Dawn Oil Pumpjack at Dawn](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/120722C8854.jpg)
Oil Pumpjack at Dawn
![Great Sandhills at Sunset Great Sandhills at Sunset](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/0606_RE_9243.jpg)
Great Sandhills at Sunset
This summer the sun was one the dominant subjects with the solar eclipse visible in much of North American to some degree. I was tempted to try to photograph it here in Toronto. I have a ten stop neutral density filter but that is not quite strong enough to protect my eyes and camera. Lee Filters sells a Solar filter that is 20 stops and a deep blue colour that removes harmful infrared light. I hope to get one of these for the next eclipse:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/8485854753/lee-filters-introduces-solar-eclipse-filter-and-new-filter-wash-fluid
I was also not in the path of the total eclipse. So, what was I to do? I didn’t want to risk my camera or my eyes. The best thing I could come up with was to create an illustration in Photoshop:
![Solar Eclipse (digital illustration) Solar Eclipse (digital illustration)](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/170823Eclipse_Illus_2.jpg)
Solar Eclipse (digital illustration)
The next solar eclipse will have a path through Ontario. April 8th 2024 will provide an opportunity for many of us here in southern Ontario to witness one first hand. I will have my filters and be ready. Now if we can just get clear skies that day…
Labels: photo illustrations; manipulations;, silhouettes; eclipse, solar eclipse, sunrise, sunset
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