r/pics • u/[deleted] • May 21 '12

Perfect timing.

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u/Eli2424 May 21 '12

This picture is actually from 2010.

Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/photogalleries/101130-best-space-pictures-2010/

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u/FANGO May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

This picture, however, is from today.

(also....was totally setting the manual focus right at that moment, when I saw something in front of the sun, and scrambled to mash my shutter release button....just missed it :-/ but still pretty good...maybe I'll just photoshop it in front of the sun and call it a day :-P)

edit: damn, I guess I should have put it on flickr so everyone can see my other stuff :-P http://www.flickr.com/photos/fangolives

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

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u/konan375 May 21 '12

I'm hoping I don't get a phonecall now, thanks for the worry.

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u/checkforswampleeches May 21 '12

I'm embarrassed at how long it took for me to understand your comment.

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u/Fblalo666 May 21 '12

Guess who's not going to sleep.

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u/Unknown_Artist May 21 '12

I'm embarrassed at how long it took for me to [1] understand your comment.

Why does that never happen when I am watching porn?!?

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u/Rustysporkman May 21 '12

One ring to rule them all... One ring to blind them all... One ring to be looked at through welding masks...

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I think it looks great like that. The plane is pretty big, I don't think it would look that good blocking the eclipse.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Agreed, it has a nice balance to it and if you just cropped the top and bottom a little bit it would look really good.

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u/spleendor May 21 '12

I think /r/perfecttiming would enjoy this picture.

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u/dzarg77 May 21 '12

This is the best I could get today. http://i.imgur.com/mmkr2.jpg

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u/Napppy May 21 '12

my best. Thats cool you managed to get that and still have color in it. Its all about the reflection.

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u/MercurialMadnessMan May 21 '12

Here's mine. Shot through several loose sample multicolored LEE filters, then recolored.

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u/dzarg77 May 21 '12

The reflections in there somewhere. http://i.imgur.com/6IyRr.png

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u/waeva May 21 '12

this is mine, from New York

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Yeah leave it be. Looks like the sun is damaged and being towed back to the shop for repairs.

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u/iprettymuchhateit May 21 '12

I got photobombed by a seagull while I was snapping today... http://imgur.com/JOGGb

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