I had made it down to Monroe, Utah in time for the annular eclipse. I found a spot in an empty field, set up my camera, then aimed it at the full sun. (with a solar filter to protect my camera and some solar glasses to protect my eyes when I was looking at the sun without the camera.) I ran a couple of test shots of the full sun to determine my exposure. I was ready to go. While I was waiting for the eclipse to begin, I invited a family to come over and take a look. One of them commented on how it looked like a black and white photograph. I hadn't put much thought into it, but realized he was right. The sky, was black and the sun was white. Not wanting to burn our eyes out, we don't really look at the sun until near sunset when it appears yellow, orange, to red in color due to the atmosphere that filters out the blue giving us the wonderful sunset colors that we love to see. When children color a sun in a picture its always yellow. So why was the sun in my pictures white. The simple answer is that the color of the sun is white. If it's light was yellow, it would give us that warm look that we enjoy in our homes under tungsten lighting. The sun light is 5800 degrees Kelvin and therefore white. For fun and creativity I changed the color temperature when I processed my RAW files and ended up with a variety of color effects. Enjoy.

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