20/08/2026
These shots are my attempt at capturing the solar eclipse last week and it was hard, but I enjoyed it anyway.
Like most people, I expected the sky to go dark, but after realising it wasn't a total solar eclipse, it made sense that the sun was so bright when trying to capture some shots.
After realising that, I took the settings to the highest and lowest points that I could and I am genuinely really happy with the shots, they may not be the best, but I've still done well to get this and it's better than not trying.
The settings I had for these shots were shutter speed 1/4000, aperture f11, iso 100 and full zoom.
I took these from my front door step and a couple from the alley between mine and my neighbours house using the neighbours wall as support to keep the camera steady.
A couple really nice shots that came out a lot better than I thought they would, and the thing I like most about these is that these photos aren't edited which I love because of the little shine on the phone lines is completely natural.
Photos taken with my Sony a6000 with the Sony 70-350mm f4.5-6.3 G OSS Lens.
