Looking directly at the sun, even for a few seconds, without proper eyewear can cause serious damage, even if it’s through a camera lens. Here’s how to safely snag the perfect photo.
With the highly anticipated total eclipse taking place in April, here are some safety tips and tricks to consider if you’re trying to capture the perfect photo or video of the celestial event. First and foremost, it needs to be made extra clear that it is never safe to look directly at the sun without proper eyewear, which goes for a camera lens as well. Even if you’ve purchased a solar lens for your camera, there are many different types of filters, according to Canon.
suggests taking pictures of a full moon to get an idea of how large the sun-in-eclipse will appear while using your phone to take photos. During this practice photo session, advised that you should center the focus on the edge of the moon to help the camera focus slightly better than on a glowing orb. It could also prove fruitful to invest in a $20-$40 zoom lens attachment. One way to take a cool photo of the eclipse, even if you aren’t in the path of totality, is to capture not the eclipse itself, but the shapes the light casts through the gaps of leaves on trees, Walker said. "You'll see myriad crescent suns projected beneath the trees.
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