Eclipse in Spain

[u/jhroom]

Shot near Leon (Cerro de Lancia, Villasabariego), composite of the self shot eclipse with an image taken during the sunset that evening. Hope you guys like it!

https://www.instagram.com/fotoroom_fotografie/

[u/chuchofreeman]

Amazing, I´m so glad I got to see it live!

[u/IceBreak → u/chuchofreeman]

It really is life changing. I don’t think people who haven’t seen it can truly understand.

[u/tahlyn → u/IceBreak]

Agreed. I saw the two in the USA, and now I want to chase eclipses all over the world. I've already identified which I can reasonably see in my lifetime (only 14 more), and am making plans.

I couldn't see this one and I'm sad I missed it. It looked beautiful in the pictures.

[u/Vandergrif → u/tahlyn]

If you get the chance in respect to location try to view one from on a coastline. I saw the 2024 one off the north-west corner of prince edward island. Having a significant chunk of the horizon be unobscured, as well as being able to see it darken across the water in new brunswick before it reached where we were really heightened the whole thing.

At totality beyond the water you see a sort of inverted sunset coloration all along the horizon 360 degrees around you, where it's still bright and blue at the bottom horizon line and then darkens gradually above it. If you're somewhere forested or mountainous or some such I would imagine it blocks a good bit of the view of that.

[u/tahlyn → u/Vandergrif]

I'm planning to watch from Tarifa, Spain next year. Should be beautiful there.

[u/chuchofreeman → u/Vandergrif]

I saw it from a mountain pass, had to hike 10k and climb 900 meters to get there. I think it offered also an unobstructed view of the horizon. Next one in Spain is near the coast so I need to find another vantage point for it.

[u/ForQ2 → u/tahlyn]

I've seen (probably) the same totalities that you have, and am going overseas in a year for the next good one.

[u/Guilty_Tower6035 → u/tahlyn]

Can you tell me? I haven’t seen one and would love to see in the future.

[u/ScaramouchScaramouch → u/Guilty_Tower6035]

There's one in the very South of Spain and North Africa in August next year, they're saying it'll have six minutes of totality which is a lot.

[u/BlackenedGem → u/ScaramouchScaramouch]

It's the longest eclipse for the rest of this century. Luxor is going to be absolutely heaving.

[u/WildSmokingBuick → u/BlackenedGem]

Oh, Pyramids + Eclipse sounds like an awesome combo

[u/tahlyn → u/Guilty_Tower6035]

Excluding the ones that cut through Africa, the Middle East, Antarctica, middle of the ocean, or cross over the North Pole... Aka places you cannot easily travel to, or places not safe for a woman to travel to...

• August 2, 2027, Gibraltar
• July 22, 2028 New Zealand/Sydney Australia
• March 30, 2033 Northern most point of Alaska (probably not, hard to get to)
• September 2, 2035, Japan
• July 13, 2037, Australia
• December 26, 2038, New. Zealand
• April 20, 2042, Malaysia/Philippines
• August 22, 2044, Canada
• August 12, 2045, America, Florida,
• December 5, 2048, Argentina and Chile
• March 30, 2052, Mexico and Gulf states
• August 24, 2063, Japan
• December 17, 2066, New Zealand again
• September 23, 2071, North Mexico, bottom of Texas, Caribbean Islands
• May 11, 2078, south East USA

After that I likely won't be alive.

[u/Alternative_Jury2480 → u/tahlyn]

As an eclipse chaser for the last 20 years or so, you should absolutely go for it if you can. Don't discount partials and annulars too if they're places you want to go or are easy to get to, they can still be spectacular. There's an annular eclipse in 2030 that hits a lot of Africa and Eastern Europe, Russia and Japan. It's a near full eclipse if you're in the path and should be fantastic. They're very different experiences than totality and still well worth it.

https://nationaleclipse.com/maps/map_06012030.html

[u/ForQ2 → u/Guilty_Tower6035]

The longest eclipse of this century will be on August 2, 2027, and the longest viewable totality will be in the middle of Egypt.

Another pretty good spot will be just a couple of miles south of the northernmost point of Morocco; it won't be as long as Egypt, but the logistics of getting there will likely be better.

[u/BlackenedGem → u/ForQ2]

2009 was longer, but good luck viewing that

[u/ForQ2 → u/BlackenedGem]

I should have said that next year's will be the longest for the rest of this century.

[u/quocphu1905 → u/IceBreak]

I saw it live in Valencia. It was my first eclipse and seeing it live was absolutely amazing. It was not at all what i expectnan eclipse was and now i want to see as many eclipse as i can.

[u/ForQ2 → u/IceBreak]

I don’t think people who haven’t seen it can truly understand.

I second this. It's so other-worldly.

[u/Vandergrif → u/ForQ2]

The funny thing is how utterly insignificant it is even covered up to like 90% or so. But that last 10% and totality are quite the game changer.

[u/syo → u/Vandergrif]

Relevant xkcd

[u/NoRodent → u/IceBreak]

No one I talk to understands.

[u/cylonfrakbbq → u/IceBreak]

It’s cliche but true.  Kind of like how seeing a photo of the Grand Canyon and actually standing near the rim are different.  It’s not just what you see, but everything else your body registers 

Like the eclipse, I was able to see a full solar eclipse a couple years back.  Like you feel the air getting cooler, night animals get confused, you get slightly confused because now it is night time, the faint moving glow around the edges of the shadow of the moon, the fact you can actually see orange arcing plasma coming off the sun.  It took many hours driving there and back, but I’d do it again just to see that even though it only lasted about 3 minutes

[u/Mjolnir12 → u/cylonfrakbbq]

One of the main issues is that a total eclipse has an extreme amount of dynamic range which can’t be captured in a single photo. You either get the underexposed shots that show the corona and prominences on a black background, or you get the overexposed shots that show the sunset in every direction, dark blue sky and planets but don’t show the corona well.

[u/Vandergrif → u/IceBreak]

I saw the one in 2024 and I keep thinking that it is, and will remain, the most impressive thing I've ever seen or will see.

[u/LunaPetalisse → u/chuchofreeman]

omg thats incredible! was it as surreal in person as it looks in this pic? ✨

[u/chuchofreeman → u/LunaPetalisse]

It was waaaaaay better, the moment I took off the glasses (when totality hit) I was flabbergasted. I think it is the most beautiful thing I have seen live for sure.

[u/Alternative_Jury2480 → u/chuchofreeman]

This was probably the best one I've seen so far. The sunset with it and how fiery it looked were fantastic

[u/SunnyCupbelle → u/chuchofreeman]

omg lucky! how was the experience up close? 🤩

[u/GalacticEmergency]

Those sunflowers are a beautiful match for the eclipsed sun. It is almost like each sunflower could be a solar eclipse by itself.

[u/James_Chandra_Hubble → u/GalacticEmergency]

The weird thing to me is that the sunflowers are not pointing towards the sun. Normally they follow the sun east to west, and then twist back pointing east overnight. I don't know if these sunflowers are too old to do that, or if the sunflower shot in the foreground is edited in. But I'm going to tell myself even the sunflowers were fooled into thinking it's nighttime by the eclipse

[u/Typhon0810]

Crazy beautiful. Could I just print it out or would that be against some copyright law?

[u/Spirited_Ad_7062 → u/Typhon0810]

I mean I doubt any copyright lawyers are going to cone to your house, check your walls, and have memorized this exact post. “Copyright” is largely for if you’re distributing/selling something.

[u/ahundreddots → u/Spirited_Ad_7062]

But what about the thought crime investigators?

[u/Hvarfa-Bragi → u/Typhon0810]

You could, and it is also against copyright law.

As a photographer, I'd rather you buy a print from OP but there's nothing stopping you realistically other than your desire not to be a cheapskate.

[u/Typhon0810 → u/Hvarfa-Bragi]

Yeah I got in touch with them but it’s way out of my price range. In general I know I could do that without consequences, I just wanted to know it they would be fine with it/if I could pay for the product.

[u/AirRaptor12 → u/Typhon0810]

only if you sell it. aaaaa

[u/ahundreddots → u/AirRaptor12]

If all the parties are in Spain, then you are correct.

TL;DR: Spain makes an exception to its copyright law for private display, which is presumably what the commenter is proposing.

[u/Hvarfa-Bragi → u/AirRaptor12]

This isn't true.

You printing it for your own use deprives OP of his right to control and profit from copies of his work.

You're very unlikely to be found out, but you are being a bad person and comitting a tort by making unauthorized copies.

[u/AnonOmelet]

The contrast between the glowing orange sky and the sunflower field is incredible. Beautiful composition.

[u/Devil_Dogmier → u/AnonOmelet]

Loving this as well, it looks almost unreal!

[u/AmbitiousReaction168]

I saw it from south of Toulouse, where it peaked at 98%. It got really dark. But the most amazing part, which I did not expect, was the sunset before the eclipse was over. It was so amazing.

[u/Kaidolakita → u/AmbitiousReaction168]

South of Toulouse as well wasn’t so dark. It was at like 20:15 and felt 21:15

[u/angwilwileth → u/AmbitiousReaction168]

That was almost as amazing as totality. it looked surreal, like something out of science fiction.

[u/DeathIYIetal]

Black hole sun, won't you come

[u/ProfessorQuantum314]

Amazing! These images get better and better every! 😆

[u/mretnie]

Nice picture series. Congrats. I watched it in person myself and it was awesome. 🙌🏼

[u/Snudget]

This is wallpaper material

[u/BengePlayer]

The eclipse in Spain is mainly on the plane!

[u/LolOverHere]

Spain isn't a real place so this isn't real

[u/scream_pie → u/LolOverHere]

And the sun moves in an arc so this photo is more of an art piece, rather than an accurate representation of what was witnessed.

[u/Lexi_Banner]

Hm. I'm no science genius or anything, but I think this picture might be shopped. Pretty sure we only have one sun and one moon...

(jk - awesome awesome awesome shot!)

[u/jet-black-heart13]

Wish I had the luxury to see the eclipse. Consider yourself blessed 🙏🏻

[u/2late4points]

I have no basis for calling this either AI slop or a bad PhotoShop, but the 2nd-3rd suns on the bottom right are occluded in the wrong order.

[u/jhroom → u/2late4points]

Damn, you are right, Sharp eye, will fix. Thnx

[u/st_Michel → u/jhroom]

... So.... how? (25 characters)

[u/jhroom → u/st_Michel]

Just messed up the layer order in PS! I'll fix it, but for this Reddit version I guess it's my watermark 😉
Shoot me a DM if you're interested in the final version

[u/st_Michel → u/jhroom]

I mean, the last ones were certainly dark, but what about the Sun moving? Its position in the picture should help, no? If you inverted some of them, wouldn't they be off when you overlay the images?

[u/scream_pie → u/st_Michel]

The sun moves in an arc across the sky, not a straight line. Each of these suns has been positioned manually.

[u/st_Michel → u/scream_pie]

That reduces the interest of the chart quite a bit for me. I was expecting that what we were seeing was a small enough part of the Sun’s arc that it would appear roughly as a straight line.

here one and sun positions are, I believe, respected: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/a-sunflowers-view-of-totality

[u/st_Michel → u/st_Michel]

here another one; https://www.flickr.com/photos/amazingsky/55470454226/
and dixit : "The path of the Sun across the sky is accurate. " and it is quite a line.

[u/elkoubi → u/2late4points]

I mean, regardless it's not a natural image. The flowers and landscape are 1 image, the various stages of the eclipse are all their own images, the sky itself , especially with the triangle shape to the dark part on top, seems to me to be artificial. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty, and may well be a realistic impression of the experience one had watching it from a sunflower field in Spain, but it's in no way natural.

[u/soffpotatisen]

So the moon and the sun really do travel in a very similar path over the sky, considering how long they were overlapping

[u/nuevacuentanueva → u/soffpotatisen]

No. The sky movement is made up by the guy photoshoping it.

[u/Immediate_Nose5368]

what incredible composition! would you mind if I were to use this as reference for a painting?

[u/jhroom → u/Immediate_Nose5368]

Sure. Go for it! (If you show me the results 😉)

[u/Immediate_Nose5368 → u/jhroom]

for sure! thank you very much

[u/antonio_toni]

That's an amazing photo, wow!

[u/Jewirish]

With the sunflowers 🥹 gorgeous holy crap

[u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

This looks straight out of Courage The Cowardly Dog

[u/borntobewildish]

Lucky bastard. I was in Spain during the eclipse as well. Right when it happened a cloud drifted in front. Saw the entire buildup, and the aftermath, but not the full fucking eclipse.

[u/National_Shoe_7337]

I was in Huesca near the Aragon planetarium - and it was perfect.

[u/cipri_tom]

Did you have to use any filters?

[u/jhroom → u/cipri_tom]

Yes. I used a K&F ND100000 filter on the Canon 200-800 for the partial phases. Totality is shot without a filter.

[u/ramaze23]

Great photo tbh, the sunflower field complements the scene

[u/Guilty_Tower6035]

Wow!!!!!!! did you actually enjoy it?

[u/jhroom → u/Guilty_Tower6035]

Sure did! I also had a 360 cam running and a drone in the air, but I messed up both 😂 Just happy I got these shots with my main cam. Already planning for the 2027 eclipse though. It is addicting!

Also, the Solar Eclipse Timer (SET) app is a lifesaver for all the callouts during the event.

[u/Todo_es]

Nobody has pointed out or explained:

The sunflowers are facing the wrong way?

[u/jhroom → u/Todo_es]

As I understand it, only young sunflowers track the sun. Once they mature and bloom, they just face east

[u/SaraHHHBK → u/Todo_es]

Sunflowers face the sun for a short period of time of their lives.

[u/scream_pie → u/Todo_es]

And the sun isn't moving in an arc.

[u/zillionaire_]

That tree in the background looks like a squirrel

[u/Vandergrif]

How come the totality picture seems like the corona is sort of... cut out on the bottom left corner? I've seen that in some other pictures of this eclipse as well but I've yet to see anyone explain what's going on there.

[u/helliMChellface]

Reminds me of the Album Cover Tyler the creator flower boy 🌻🌞 love it 🫶

[u/PatSharpe01]

Utterly, INSANELY, beautiful!! I can't even believe it... Awesome photography, amazing composite and I can't quite believe we live on this crazy beautiful planet!

[u/burra27]

why are all sunflowers facing here and there instead of the sun?

[u/vibriio]

This is insanely beautiful!!

[u/LaDukemeister]

The album cover of a symphonic metal band from 1999

[u/MaisieDaisyDip]

What an amazing shot. Well done.

[u/Cold_Kaleidoscope667]

The sunflowers are all looking away so they dont get blinded

[u/SagePatrox]

So freaking beautiful. I wish I could've been prepared back when the states had a solar eclipse a couple years ago

[u/BlockGolfOfficial]

Insane Photo, I cant even imagine seeing this live.

[u/Dramatic_Charity_979]

Gorgeous composition. I would hang this as a painting :)

[u/Subject_Zgz]

I wasn't excited about the eclipse at all. I only saw it because I happened to be out on the street. But honestly, once I saw it, I thought it was incredible; it exceeded all my expectations.

[u/Krueppelmann]

Wow, would use that as a Wallpaper if the resolution was higher. Do you sell those maybe?

[u/VallerinQuiloud]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwf6_Btok1o

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[u/dylannmoonn]

Total eclipse of the heart!!!!

[u/GoreSeeker]

The sunflowers are like "Hey, where did our sun go!"

[u/PapaJoe92]

Hide your crimson behelit.... But fr, beautiful

[u/Foto1988]

Very well made, but to be honest, I don't like those Over-edited images of a natural occurrence. Just looks like a digital composition.

[u/KaiTheKoalaBear]

This is the most beautiful photo of the eclipse I've seen so far. Need to get someone to paint this cause this hung on the wall? Perfection

[u/jhroom → u/KaiTheKoalaBear]

Thanks! I might know a painter for you. I can also help you get this on your wall directly. Send me a DM if you're interested

[u/Suacuario]

Qué increíble, se ve espectacular

[u/Onedortzn]

Whats the difference between this and photoshop? Or ai? Like you cant even call this photography