I was all set to capture the full annular eclipse in all its glory at Choke Canyon State Park in South Texas, but as I approached in my car from the east I could see lots of cloud cover reducing the chance of getting good shots. So I started a crazy journey back across the Texas countryside trying to find a clear spot. I travelled back via Beeville, Goliad, Weesatche, Yorktown (where I paused for a while) and Cuero. Eventually I came back to the hotel I was staying at in Victoria! Occasionally, clouds still partly obscured the view hence the variations in color and brightness. If I'd stayed home in The Woodlands there was not a cloud in the sky! Oh well, here's the sequence I got!
A 'practice' shot of the sun, pre-eclipse, taken during my short stop in Yorktown, TX. The sunspot at the upper right is also visible in some of the later sequence shots. The color variations are the result of the wispy clouds party obscuring the sun's disk.
All shots were captured with my Canon 7D mk II - the first of the sequence below was with a Tamron Adaptall SP 500mm f8 cat. (mirror) lens (adapted to fit Canon EOS mount) and the rest with a Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS. The lenses were fitted with a solar filter. For the 500mm shot I used my Three-legged-thing Travis tripod, but the 400mm shots were hand-held and relied on the excellent Image Stabilization of the Canon lens. I sat in the trunk of the car for extra arm support!
As the moon passed and more of the sun was visible the sunspot to the upper right became visible when there were no clouds obscuring it.