Transit of Venus: a black dot in front of the sun

[Roger Clark]

In case you missed it, here is an image of Venus transiting the sun June 5. I had a brief hole in the thick clouds.

Canon 1D Mark IV, 500 mm f/4 L IS lens + 2x + 1.4x stacked TCs, giving 1400 mm at f/11.2. Exposure at ISO 400, 1/400 second, through an Orion reflective solar filter and thin clouds.

Roger

[Roman Kurywczak]

Pretty cool Roger! Nice and sharp with that TC combo too!

[Declan Troy]

Roger, could you describe how you use the Orion solar filter with the 500mm lens or does one of them just happen to fit it?

[Roger Clark]

Roger, could you describe how you use the Orion solar filter with the 500mm lens or does one of them just happen to fit it?

Hello Declan,

The model I got has a diameter almost the same as that of the 500 lens hood, so I just use duct tape. The filter is in a metal holder, so the duct tape is on the metal, and not on any part of the filter.

Roger

[Jerry van Dijk]

Thanks for sharing this, Roger! Excellent capture of a rare event. We had clouds all day without a break.

[Hazel Grant]

Yes, we didn't get to see it either. so glad you were able to see it and capture it!

[Morkel Erasmus]

Your astrophotography with long lens and stacked converters astounds me Roger. Love this one showing this unique occurance so well.

[Robert Amoruso]

Thanks for posting this Roger. I did not see it due to heavy cloud cover here in Florida. Well done.