Transit of Venus....

[hondachicc]

Are any of you seeing this??We could only see it here for a few hours this evening...will be over in the morning...
and wouldn't you know it is SOOOOO CLOUDY..but I kept watching...and managed a
couple of photos...

The black dot is Venus passing over the sun (won't happen again for 105 years)

 

[LaurieW]

love it - must make sky layout - second one for the challenge

 

[petey111]

Ok. It's not cloudy at all here. And I have a confession to make. I suck at taking pictures. I took great ones in high school when I was in journalism class. I was a photo editor of my college newspaper. Now that I'm older, I have read countless tutorials and practiced. I still can't figure out what settings to use on my camera!!!! I tried to take pictures of the setting sun Nana. I got NOTHING what you got. I changed the exposure. I tried to change other settings. I got a beautiful sunny blob. * sigh * anyone want to give me a personal lesson on my exact camera? Maybe then it will stick!!

 

[nancyr]

Wow those photos are amazing! cloudy all day where I live bummed not to get any photos and I don't think I will make a 105 years LOL!

 

[dwsewbiz]

Our neighbor across the street is taking pics now...think I will send hubby out. It's still early here.

Great pics Nana L!

 

[taxed4ever]

Our neighbor lent us their special glasses for looking at the sun, it was amazing!! sure wouldn't want to do it without the glasses though. How are you able to take pics without looking into the sun??

 

[petey111]

I had sunglasses on and used the camera. That was enough not to hurt my eyes. Can't say it was the best focus job!! LOL

 

[yvonnahenna]

Oh wauw! NanaL!! Gorgeous!!

I didn't knew this was happening today.

The only thing I've watched 2 times was the Sun Eclips. Is this the right word? LOL

 

[Scrappie Irene]

Wow, gorgeous photos! I didn't knew, otherwise I would have tried to stay awake and make some photos too. Although I don't know it this was visible in the Netherlands also.

 

[Bush Girl]

I had no idea this was happening either. Totally amazing photos, Nana Linda.

 

[suezeeq12]

Wow Nana - you are rocking that camera - what great shots!

 

[Dumpty]

wow this rocks ! I didn't know it was happening either. Thanks for sharing Nana

 

[sue.falstaff]

Great shots, Nana! I knew it was happening, but I'm a lazy bones & there was no way I was getting out of my bed at 4:45am to watch it!!! Glad you're in a timezone that made these shots possible though!

 

[timounette]

Thanks for sharing with us Nana !
Here we have no sun... only clouds

 

[tanteva]

Fantastic photos! Thanks for sharing. We couldn't see it here in Sweden, the entire country was under a huge mat of clouds

 

[hondachicc]

Sara.....there was about three minutes where there were NO CLOUDS in front of the sun at all and I took several photos at all different settings...I had the same..big white blobs...even with the ISO on 100....I have no idea how one should get photos of the sun like that...but the clouds took away all the glare ..so I was lucky enough to catch these where you could actually see it...

although...TRUDY...I did not look straight at the sun...I had no special glasses or filter..so I would point my camera right next to the sun and focus (the clouds) and then close my eyes and move the camera and snap. Sounds crazy..but it was the only way I knew to do it.


If it wasn't overcast where you were at...anyone in the world could have seen this at some point in the last 12-14 hours.... But...if you missed it...pray for very long life for the next time it comes ound:


Thanks girls....I thought it was cool....Whatever is going on out there in space has always fascinated me!!

 

[dlhoffer]

Wow, those are amazing shots Nana!! Thanks so much for sharing so we all could see this!! I was sick with a migraine yesterday so I wasn't looking anywhere near the sun :yuck:

 

[petey111]

Ahhh. Well that's good to know Nana! There was not a cloud in the sky yesterday, so maybe I didn't have a chance of a shot! LOL

 

[VickiStegall]

so cool! I wish I had known

 

[faerywings]

Nana-- these are really cool!!!! And ITA-- you are really rocking the camera- I loved the baseball shots-- just great!!

 

[Madi]

oh, I missed al this!!

glad you could get a picture, to show us!
It was cloudy here all day, there was only one place in the Netherlands where it was visible, and I was not there!!

 

[clarabear]

I forgot to write that I think the cloudy pics are especially cool looking!!