In the Westside Eclipse: Afternoon Turns to Dusk in the Greater Toronto Area
Even leaving home before 2:00 PM (EDT), which was said to be the beginning of the eclipse, I thought was I already too late, but to my relief the sky still remained bright. Arriving at Danville Park 15 minutes later and seeing the amount of cars in parking lot and people walking about the tall hill there, I thought again that I was too late, but to my relief there was still space. Being located in an industrial area in the north part of Mississauga, immediately west of Toronto, the park and the hill is still kind of a hidden secret.
They said that the full eclipse would occur at 3:19 PM so I had plenty of time to set up my Olympus E-M1 II and 12-100mm f/4 on the the tripod. But even from that point on, I could see the shutter speed of my camera gradually declining, from 1/400 sec. to 1/3 sec. The darkness lasted until 3:22 PM during which the clouds immediately surrounding the sun did part a little bit to the delight of everyone. Of course, I was more concerned about the landscape, as I usually am.
People lament the cloud cover, but they made for some dramatic skies, and almost made me feel like real landscape photographer. Being 70km northwest of the Path of Totality, the brightness of the sky was uneven as I looked southwest, the left side becoming very dark, the right side remaining bright, which only further added to the drama.
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