17/08/2026
When i first found out about the solar eclipse in Spain i realised it will be low in the sky, near the horizon - which meant a good opportunity for a landscape shot. So, last week I got to dust off the camera after many years and made the trip to Spain to capture the total solar eclipse.
It was a lot of planning to find the right spot with an interesting feature at the right height. After few days of reccee, I settled for Gormaz Castle in Northern Spain. What I didn't appreciate was how dark the landscape got during the totality. It was much darker than I remembered from 2017 eclipse and made it rather challenging to get the right exposures for the sky and the castle. On full size, you can actually see a number of people on the castle which makes a nice little bonus feature.
This composite image shows the sun descending from the start of the eclipse to the moment of totality in approximately 5 minute intervals. I do have few more images of the sun after the totality as it set behind the hill which I may try to add to this in the future, but for now this will do.
