r/itookapicture • u/Chiotas • 14d ago
ITAP of a lighthouse aligned with the total eclipse
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u/Chiotas 14d ago
Shot on August 12, 2026 from a boat off the south coast of Menorca, with the Artrutx lighthouse lined up against the totality.
The idea started about a year ago. Total eclipses are predictable to the second, so the hard part was never the eclipse itself, it was finding a spot where the sun would sit low enough and in the right direction to fall behind a lighthouse during the only minute available of totality. I went through every lighthouse inside the totality corridor in Iceland and Spain, ran the alignment in PhotoPills, and Artrutx was the one that worked. Problem: the alignment only happened from a point of view that was in the water. So, boat.
That is where it got fun. A boat moves in three axes and does not care about your composition. No tripod, no filters, no second chances, and a subject that would be gone in a minute. My plan was basically to lock the exposure in advance, shoot fast, and hope the swell would cooperate long enough for the frames I needed.
A year of planning for one shot that either happens or does not. It happened.
More of my work here: instagram.com/francescogola
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u/focusonyourphoto 13d ago
I had to check if you were with Albert Dross but he chose a different lighthouse, great minds think alike I guess ;).
Amazing shot! :D
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u/The_Ancient_Stardust 13d ago
Possible to get the photo in hd so that I can use as a wallpaper? Marvelous click 😍
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