Originally Posted by mhnadel (Post 28634548)

Generally, when taking a sunset photo, you are not looking directly at the sun.

Originally Posted by 2Ruse (Post 28623038)

my original plans to get to the path of totality from portland have fallen thru - does anyone know of companies providing transportation e.g. to the willamette valley (or anywhere to get to 100%)? TIA!

Originally Posted by 2Ruse (Post 28635076)

amazingly there are still at least a couple of companies with available transportation to/from portland - i won't post info here, as it may violate terms of use against advertising, but PM me if you're still looking

Originally Posted by Smiley90 (Post 28635603)

If said transportation is a train that makes me avoid the I-5 risk, I'm interested. Otherwise... nah.

I'd offer anyone a ride but I still haven't actually booked the non-refundable trigger so I don't want to get anyone's hopes up.

Originally Posted by pinniped (Post 28552936)

I suppose... At first I was thinking "who's going to be making a bunch of phone calls during the eclipse?" :confused: But then I thought...I will take phone pics and shoot a little video, and those automatically get uploaded to Flickr, so I suppose a city full of people using their video/photo uploading services could crush the network.

The fact that said photo/video will inevitably suck won't stop me or anyone else from doing it. Facebook is going to be full of really boring, dark photos that day!

The only extraordinary precautions I will take will be to ensure I have plenty of charcoal, meat, and beer ahead of time. Human beings can survive a long time on meat and beer. And barbecue sauce.

Originally Posted by ajGoes (Post 28634195)

You should probably switch it to the front camera (as if you were taking a selfie) so you're safely facing away from the sun.

Originally Posted by ajGoes (Post 28634626)

I'd face away from the sun, remove my eclipse glasses, and frame the image on the phone using its front (selfie) camera.

Originally Posted by ajGoes (Post 28634195)

You should probably switch it to the front camera (as if you were taking a selfie) so you're safely facing away from the sun.

Originally Posted by ajGoes (Post 28634626)

I'd face away from the sun, remove my eclipse glasses, and frame the image on the phone using its front (selfie) camera.

Originally Posted by italdesign (Post 28639924)

Is that just to be cautious about protecting the back (better) camera, or is there another reason?

Originally Posted by holland (Post 28662231)

Just found this thread. We're hosting a mini-do at my place near Smithville Lake (just south of St Joeseph, MO about 45 minutes - only 6 seconds of totality off the center line). Anyway, we've got 9 so far (SweetWillie, ADAM-DFW, ClaudiSTR, johnnywho, FriendlySkies, monitor, susiesan, iris30) along with my family and anyone else who stops by. I'm smoking 8-9 racks of ribs for a mid-afternoon meal after the eclipse. Plenty of parking and beverages if anyone else wants to avoid the crowds in St Joe - just shoot me a PM. We're about 15 minutes from MCI for those trying to beat a hasty retreat.

Rich

Originally Posted by highpeaks (Post 28663391)

A long-time lurker here, just saw this thread. A few days ago I was pretty happy to to find a 1-way 12,500 mile saver award NYC-JAC for the morning of the eclipse. Convinced a Colorado friend to do the same, we're landing at 945 AM, just in time for the eclipse which begins at 1020. I guess we will be running into other flyertalk-ers there, sounds like we should just watch the show from the airport!

Originally Posted by greg0ire (Post 28663446)

I hope your flight doesn't get delayed

Originally Posted by HkCaGu (Post 28663523)

I was looking at Boise flights and looks like the Sunday night last arrivals are cheaper than earlier in the day. Obviously many don't want to take this risk.