Private expedition to Tikahana Motu, Tatakoto Atoll, French Polynesia
July 3rd-July 18th, 2010
Bengt Alfredsson on Tikahana Motu
Bengt's Excellent Adventure
A flash gallery of pictures of the atoll, life on a small island, our eclipse adventure and the motus!
Bengt's Web Site
http://hem.bredband.net/benalf/
Doesn't have any 2010 results yet!
TSE 2010 results
Photo's Above
: [Left] Bengt used his goretex rain jacket to keep the rain off
his computer. His wide angle camera and telephoto can be seen behind
tethered to the computer. [Center] Outlook from Bengt's observing spot.
Not a bad place for an eclipse. [Right] First Apearance of the
Sun after sunrise.
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Photographs Above : starting 30s or so before second contact and taken with a
Nikon D300 + 180mm f2.8 prime lens controlled by Eclipse Orchestrator.
The blue cast in the lower left image is an artefact of processing
designed to bring up the contrast in the shadow bands captured in this
image.
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Photograph Above : Diamond ring at second contact and taken with a
Nikon D300 + 180mm f2.8 prime lens controlled by Eclipse Orchestrator.
Photograph Above : Just before diamond ring shadow bands became visible on the clouds and taken with a
Nikon D300 + 180mm f2.8 prime lens controlled by Eclipse Orchestrator.
The blue cast in the lower left image is an artefact of processing to bring up the contrast in the shadow bands captured in this
image.
Photograph
Above : Composite of two raw images. Each exposure has had it's
dynamic range extended using "compensated fill flash." This is a
digital technique involving the use of alpha masks and has nothing to
do with the use of a real flash during the eclipse.
Photograph
Above : Composite of five raw images. Each exposure has had it's
dynamic range extended using "compensated fill flash." This is a
digital technique involving the use of alpha masks and has nothing to
do with the use of a real flash during the eclipse.
[Left]
Things were looking pretty grim about half an hour after sunrise.
[Center] View up the beach. Joe is in the centre of the picture between
the boats and the exposed reef and bengt's equipment appears to be just
in front of the shack. In fact, it's behind the shack down
towards the water line on the other cove. [Right] Bill Speare with
Christian and Michel out boatmen just after fist contact.
Links to individual observer's reports and photographs
TSE2010 Home Page
Group report as sent to SEML on July 14th.
Joe Cali
- Images from 70mm f6.2 APO refractor;
- full frame fisheye totality flash slide show;
- wide field time-lapse video;
- written account
of observations on
Tikahana Motu;
- pictures of shadow bands projected on clouds;
- flash gallery of pictures from the eclipse and Tatakoto
Bengt Alfredsson - Images from 200mm f2.8 APO telephoto;
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- flash gallery of pictures from a great week on Tatakoto.
Larry Stevens - Images from 90mm f11 Maksutov.
& Michelle Bales (still under construction)
Matthew Poulton - Flash gallery of pictures from a fantastic week on Tatakoto
Geoff Sims - Wide field and close up stills;
- two really well-edited movies : -
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one of the eclipse;
- one covering the eclipse and our whole week on Tatakoto.
Emily Love
- First timer's impressions of the eclipse.
Bill Speare - Written report.
Bob Pine
- Bob's account of the eclipse from an almost deserted Tumukuru (
the town on Tatakoto).
