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5:06am No sign of Venus here... hang on, that's not the sun is it. Wrong direction!





5:11am The view looking in the right direction. Cloud...





5:22am I see you!





5:27am Although it had moved away from the low cloud, it moved into another band.





5:31am At last, a clear shot.





5:39am Making contact on the way out...





5:42am The kit in action.





5:54am Barely visible still... the sun went behind some thin cloud after this so I didn't catch the exact moment Venus disappeared.



Kit used:

Canon 7D and 600D.

Canon 100-400L and 15-85.

Baader solar film ND5 on the 100-400L.



I also took some video I might sort out later.

Very nice. I had planned on photographing it here in Massachusetts, but we had heavy clouds.

Nicely done <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



My attempt wasn't as successful <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



I used my SMC Pentax-A 400mm f/5.6 with a 2x, but it was too hard to find focus, so those images were too blurry. I did some time lapse when the clouds came with only the 400mm, and then in a few shots you could see it through the clouds.

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I made a hole in the bottom of a 1.75L milk carton and added several layers of film meant to be used for car windows. It worked so I didn't have to use a very small aperture. Looked weird though <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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Here is a video from the BestOfScience channel on YouTube:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPYOo0a-Qt8

Nice guys !



Alexander, I kinda like your blurred attempt, perhaps with some bold PP it could work ?



Excellent video you posted, from 0:50, it gets extremely graphic. The music gets a bit over the top but cool find.



Thanks



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Nicely done <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



My attempt wasn't as successful <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



I used my K 400mm f/5.6 with a 2x, but it was too hard to find focus, so those images were too blurry. I did some time lapse when the clouds came with only the 400mm, and then in a few shots you could see it through the clouds.

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I made a hole in the bottom of a 1.75L milk carton and added several layers of film meant to be used for car windows. It worked so I didn't have to use a very small aperture. Looked weird though <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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Here is a video from the BestOfScience channel on YouTube:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPYOo0a-Qt8

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Thank you <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> It's one frame from my time lapse exposures, so I'll post that when I get it processed. That wasn't the blurred one (it is a bit blurred though), the blurred was with 400mm+2x, and that's really blurry <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Actually I made one mistake. I forgot to pack my extenders, so I was "only" using 400mm too. The shots I presented are cropped.



Because the weather forecast was very poor and the window of opportunity was so short, I didn't bother to bring my other kit like the solar scopes.

Great shots Popo... Especially the one that Venus touches to the edge of the sun.



I was not as lucky as you, it was unexpectedly cloudy at around 07:30 am...





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