Cougar281
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I plan on trying to take pictures of the upcoming eclipse, and have been experimenting, but I'm in a place where I'm not sure the best approach. I have a 16.6 stop ND filter and a 20 stop ND filter. I've gotten some neat pictures so far with both. The 20 stop tends to be darker (obviously) unless I use long exposure times, but using the 16.6 stop yields shorter exposure times, but they seem to still be brighter. What I've noticed is that I seem to get more detail in the form of sunspots with the 20 stop filter. The main goal is to try to make a composite of the eclipse, with multiple shots before, during and after, so technically, the sunspot detail doesn't matter all that much, but it would still be cool to capture that detail. I have some more experimenting to do, but I'm sure there are more experienced people here, so for anyone with more experience, should I go with the 20 stop filter and higher exposure time, or the 16.6 stop filter and the lower exposure time? I'm also unsure of what AEB would be best - I've tinkered with 1 stop and 2, not sure which is better... For situations like this, it would be neat if we could do more than three shot AEB - like maybe -2, -1, 0, +1, +2.. Any other tips or tricks?
I've attached two images, 1373 being with the 20 stop filter and 1295 being the 16.6 stop filter.
I've attached two images, 1373 being with the 20 stop filter and 1295 being the 16.6 stop filter.