HDR Total Solar Eclipse - August 12th 2026

Canon R, Sigma 100-400mm @ 400mm, f6.7, ISO 400
HDR merged with easyHDR out of 93, manually aligned photos with exposures ranging between 1/1000 and 1.5 sec. Sharpening and color corrections with Affinity Photo. Cariñena, Spain
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Total Solar Eclipse - Diamond Ring at the end of totality - August 12th 2026

Canon 650D, Samyang 35mm f2 @ f4, 12 photos ranging 4sec to 1/500 sec, ISO 200, merged to HDR and tone mapped with easyHDR
Final touches (curves, contrast, sharpening) with Affinity Photo.
Version with partial phases
Cariñena, Spain
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Total Solar Eclipse - August 12th 2026

Totality: Canon 650D, Samyang 35mm f2 @ f4, 10 photos ranging 2sec to 1/250 sec, ISO 200, merged to HDR and tone mapped with easyHDR
Partial: Canon R, Sigma 100-400 through mylar foil filter
Collage and final touches (curves, contrast, sharpening) with Affinity Photo.
Version without partial phases
Cariñena, Spain
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Total Solar Eclipse, Baily's beads - April 8th 2024

Canon R, Sigma 100-400mm @ 400mm, f6.3
Close to Del Rio, Texas, USA
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Total Solar Eclipse, Baily's beads - April 8th 2024

Canon R, Sigma 100-400mm @ 400mm, f6.3
Close to Del Rio, Texas, USA
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Total Solar Eclipse, chromosphere, prominences and corona (through thin clouds) - April 8th 2024

Canon R, Sigma 100-400mm @ 400mm, f6.3
Close to Del Rio, Texas, USA
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Total Solar Eclipse, prominences - April 8th 2024

Canon R, Sigma 100-400mm @ 400mm, f6.3
Close to Del Rio, Texas, USA
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Total Solar Eclipse, prominences and chromosphere - April 8th 2024

Canon R, Sigma 100-400mm @ 400mm, f6.3
Close to Del Rio, Texas, USA
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Total Solar Eclipse, diamond ring - April 8th 2024

Canon R, Sigma 100-400mm @ 400mm, f6.3
Close to Del Rio, Texas, USA
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Total Solar Eclipse - April 8th 2024

Canon 650D, Samyang 14mm f2.4 @ f4
Close to Del Rio, Texas, USA
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Partial Solar Eclipse - June 10th 2021

Canon 650D, Samyang 500mm
13 bracketed RAWs aligned and stacked with easyHDR, then sharpened with Registax
Wrocław, Poland
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Partial Solar Eclipse - June 10th 2021

Canon 650D, Samyang 500mm
Wrocław, Poland
© Bartłomiej Okonek

Partial Solar Eclipse - January 4th 2011

Canon 650D, Sigma 18-200 DC OS
Wrocław, Poland
© Bartłomiej Okonek

(Almost) Total Solar Eclipse - July 25th 2009

Unfortunately through clouds... totality was not visible :(
Canon 650D, Sigma 18-200 DC OS
Jinshanwei, China
© Bartłomiej Okonek

(Almost) Total Solar Eclipse - July 25th 2009

Unfortunately through clouds... totality was not visible :(
Canon 650D, Sigma 18-200 DC OS
Jinshanwei, China
© Bartłomiej Okonek