Eclipse to start 6:32 AM.

Sunrise at about 6:12 AM.... waiting for the sun ...and it comes up a pale pink

gradually turning orange... a crow flies across.
CLICK!

I get so engrossed in the birds and the far away Mosque minarets, the eclipse starts and I miss the beginning.
 

Its 6:40... oh time went by too fast!
I look thru the lens [had inserted a exposed and fogged film sheet into the filter holder slot of  the 300mm lens to act as a 4-stop »neutral density» filter and to enable me to focus on the sun without being blinded] and noticed that the eclipse had started!

first image taken at 06:47:51 [AM]

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These dry leaves in bright sunlight had too wide a tonal contrast, the camera was unable to capture the tonal width in color - but I liked the shapes and contours.... the image converted to B&W shows what I saw through the lens....not leaves, but the play of light on shapes. A small change in focus, perspective and shutter speed resulted in 2 vastly different «looks» to the same image taken just seconds apart.

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The Mahogany trees are sprouting new leaves and the Starlings, Mainas and Magpie Robins are bringing bits of stuff to build nests... the color of the Mahogany leaves are bright orange red like fall colors anywhere else!

    
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