Solar eclipse transition (filtered + unfiltered) from near Worcester, England

[KennySharp]

Following an evening of analysis paralysis trying to figure out where in the country I could drive to from Orpington, Kent and have a high probability of seeing cloud free skies, I eventually headed out towards the Malvern Hills in the midlands near the North Wales border with a 4am start. However, en route, just southwest of Birmingham, checking the cloud cover, I decided heading further south from there was too risky and so turned further west. I found an excellent looking site offroad next to an ornate village church in Claines. After a brief stop/scout, I decided it was still looking like the clouds would not clear and so headed out further west. With minutes to go until the start of the eclipse I stumbled on Witley Court Gardens & Church tearoom. Still overcast but I had no choice any longer, I had to stay here and make the best of it.

Timelapse of the solar eclipse over approximately 2 hours. The first 20 minutes of the eclipse were unfortunately clouded out (so missing from the sequence) but shortly after the heavens cleared to reveal a beautiful blue sky. Canon 600D. Each eclipse snap is at 23mm, f/13mm, 1/1000th sec, ISO-800 through a home made Baader Astrosolar filter. 4 minute interval between each snap. Stacked in Startrails. A final snap was taken from the same camera position, without the filter, to grab the foreground which was blended into the eclipse sequence in Adobe Photoshop CS2.

Solar Eclipse (filtered and unfiltered stacked) by Kenny Sharp, on Flickr