It’s really true that in order to get the best possible photograph you have to go the extra mile (or half mile as the case may be).

Originally I grabbed the camera and one lens, and just started shooting in the street outside the house. This provided some OK shots, certainly good enough to remember the eclipse with, but I wanted better.

As the light available kept fading and the sun kept falling I moved further and further up the street, trying to keep my lens in the light.

I was about to call it quit as the last light faded from view when two young women riding by on bycicles told there was a good spot around a couple corners. I decided to run, and I’m glad I did. If I hadn’t I wouldn’t have gotten this shot, and I wouldn’t have been satisfied at all.

This was the sun just ad the eclipse got under way.

On a less serious note, at one point the sun tried to devour an airplane.

The spot I finally ended up taking my eclipse shot at had a crowd of people who had the same idea. A couple of them were viewing the eclipse through welding masks like this.