@Hitanshu

Nice shots,man.Btw, what time exactly it was when you took those shots?

It's also raining out here.

between 615 to 645am types.

seems I got lucky then

Indeed

Juggadery has no limits it seems

I didn't go to click any pictures of the eclipse Tau. Moreover, with the overcast weather, I doubt there would have been any luck!

Well....looks like the early bird does get the worm...
or rather 'luck favors the brave

As suggested by me earlier in the thread, I'd planned to ride over to Sohna today morning to catch the eclipse on camera. What I needed was a real time 'situation report' from that place. Aseem (user ID aseem85) and Anant both live in Sohna and we were in constant touch since last night. 0400 hrs and Aseem called in about clear skies. I decided to chance it. Updated Anurag (on his Intruder), Raja (accompanied by his friend Gaurav and wife in his Endeavour) and a couple of friends (Rishi and Sanjay Sharma) and the ride was on. Met Anurag near the Savitri Crossing while the others were to meet up at the Gurgaon Expressway toll. Aseem and Anant were to meet us at Sohna itself.

We were a trifle behind schedule and upped the pace. A big cumulo-nimbus was teasingly positioned on the horizon, exactly in East, covering the path of the rising Sun. We kept moving anyway and I kept a constant eye out for even a tiny peep of the Sun from behind the cloud. A couple of kms from Sohna, the celestial spectacle emerged. Panic braking, helmets off, cameras out and the shooting was on. Called Aseem and Anant over to where we'd stopped. We got a good 15 minute visual window just when the eclipse was at its maximum. Blessed!!

Sharing with you all some of the pictures I'd taken with my P&S Sony DSC H10. (Program Mode, focus set to Infinity, Centre-weighted metering, ISO 100). Take a look....

The moment of maximum solar disc coverage from Delhi and environs.



Another one...



The receding eclipse



Clouds getting back again



Almost gone from view



Anurag Ashok with the welder's mask




OF

PS: Good one's there Hitanshu...I wonder if you got my sms in the morning.

@OF: WOW! Amazing. Thanks!

looks like a context of a scary movie ...............amazing pics .Thaks for sharing OF ji.

@ OF Ji : Very nice pics..we got to see the solar eclipse thru your eyes..

OF sir, at first when I had a look at the shot I thought... bah! another dslr... only when I read through your text I realized that it was a ultrazoom! Awesome stuff there!

Some real good pics OFda!
I woke up early to catch Eclipse in pune but its was cloudy and raining here.

Request you to plz also upload it as thumbnail.Not able to view all the pics from office

@OF: Amazing pics there, sir !
Thanks for sharing. This adds photography to the list of skills, that xBhp's wise fox possesses

If they are not visible, then how can you comment that they are nice..

Thanks guys. Though the moral of the story is....lets not wish for another visible cosmic act during monsoons. The dilemma is terrible. You so very dearly want rains and yet don't want them.

Praful: yes..these P%S thingy's work just great. Deceptively so eh!

OF: You guys had a good and clear view of the eclipse! Woke up nice and early, but the clouds completely blanked out whatever chances I had of watching the phenomenon. Your excellent pics have somewhat made up for it.

Awesome pics.
I woke up at 5:10am, saw no message from you - saw clouds, assumed you're not coming!!

You need to change that bloody MTNL number - or buy something more reliable for SMSing. I still get junk SMSes but keep getting no SMS from my MTNL friends