2008 Total Solar Eclipse - Corona Composite
  

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Equipment: Borg 77mm ED refractor, Kenko Sky Memo mount, Nikon D300
F-ratio: f/6.5
Exposures: 1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, and 2 seconds at ISO 200
Date: August 1, 2008
Location: Weizixia, China
Technical Notes: The exposures were combined into a 32-bit HDR image in Photomatix 3.1. The resulting image was opened in Photoshop CS3. The image was copied and then a Radial Blur of 10 pixels applied to it. This blurred copy was subtracted from the original image and then combined with the original image twice using Linear Light to enhance detail.

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