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Eclipse 2012. Clearview, Ontario. May 20, 2012; 8:32pm EDT
Nikon D800e with Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 APO1/3200sec @ f/11. ISO 200. 300mm
On May 20, 2012 there was an annular eclipse of the sun visible over much of Asia and North America. Its line of maximum overlap was in the American southwest, but much of the hemisphere could see it at least partially.
I'm a bit of an eclipse enthusiast. In recent years I've traveled toRumania for the 1999 total solar eclipse, and in Death Valley, CA in 2003I organized a workshop around a total lunar eclipse. My interest in eclipses is partially because I'm an astronomy buff. But, I also see them as opportunities to photograph the sun, moon and landscape in rare combination. Shooting a technically perfect image of the earth casting its shadow on the moon, or the moon blocking the sun doesn't really interest me. What does get my juices going is using these relatively rare events to show the landscape and nature in a novel way.

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Michael Reichmann is the founder of the Luminous Landscape. Michael passed away in May 2016. Since its inception in 1999 LuLa has become the world's largest site devoted to the art, craft, and technology of photography. Each month more than one million people from every country on the globe visit LuLa.
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