Solar eclipse by a Madras barn
Taken by Mark Rosengarten on August 21, 2017 @
Madras, OR
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Camera Used: FUJIFILM X-T2
Exposure Time: 10/1
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 200
Date Taken: 2017:08:23 11:09:04
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Details:
I sit among the grasses dry
Deceptively the time goes by
My cameras set, remotes in hand
As darkness creeps upon the land
My glasses sit upon my face
Gaze millions of miles out to space
There the sun does weakly shine
As the moon it slips behind
Smaller now, merely a slit
Yet quietly there I sit
The bulge of darkness from the west
I feel a pressure on my chest
Because the show's about to start
I cannot still my racing heart
The light goes weird, the shadows sharp
A tongue of moonmade shadow dark
Across the silver orb does glide
And in merely instants hides
And yet reveals its secret heart
Coronal jets stream their depart
A silver circle filled in jet
But the show's not over yet
Pearlescent glister in the sky
All darkened, a dusk that is a lie
For dawn on the westward side portends
From eyes to brain the signal sends
I sit and gape, my frantic thumbs
On the shutter buttons plumb
I'm unaware of this subconscious act
So taken in by this, the fact
This is the moment long awaited
And often in dreams anticipated
I hang on tight to every tick
Because sunrise is approaching quick
And before I have a chance to sing
The onset of the diamond ring
The moon withdraws, abruptly ends
The thing on which my life depends
And smithing pictures here with words
Memory shatters like earthen sherds
The moment quick to come has passed
The sky as bright as smoky glass
My breath goes silent, my heart goes still
With the passing of this astral thrill
But then I take a bitter pill
There are seven years to go until
I can sit once more in the silver chill.
Fuji X-T2 with 10-24mm lens, 9 exposures bracketed around 1/60 second at f/8 and ISO 400.
Photographer's website:
http://maninhatphoto.com
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