<table><tbody><tr><td><a href="../photo.php?id=1081"></a> This photograph was taken by me on 16th February 1980, in Bangalore, during the solar eclipse which occurred on that day.<br /><br />I used a Sunflex twin lens reflex camera and black-and-white film to snap this picture. I do not remember the aperture and speed settings of the camera but I believe the film was 125 ASA (that was the only film easily available those days).<br /><br />A near-total solar eclipse was a phenomenon we had never witnessed before and people preferred to remain indoors. Those of us who dared to come out were very careful not to look up at the sun.<br />I had set up a mirror in the garden outside my house to reflect the sun’s image onto a wall inside and we had a live relay of the eclipse!<br /><br /> As I came out to adjust the mirror, I saw a strange and eerie sight on the ground. Sunlight filtering through the gaps between the leaves of a gooseberry tree fell on the ground and appeared as thousands of crescents. The eclipse had created a phenomenon wherein every gap between the leaves of the tree became a pinhole camera that showed the image of the partly-eclipsed sun on the ground. It was a strange and wondrous sight and one not seen commonly.<br /><br />Luckily I had my camera loaded and ready and could capture this image (the shadow of my head is also seen in the foreground) for posterity!<br /><br />Photo and Text by Shiva Kumar, Kalyan Nagar, Bangalore – 560 043.</td></tr><tr><td>Calling amateur photographers:<br /><br />Send in your interesting, offbeat pictures along with a brief caption to <a href="mailto:dhinternet@deccanherald.co.in">Webmaster.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td><a href="../photo.php?id=1081"></a> This photograph was taken by me on 16th February 1980, in Bangalore, during the solar eclipse which occurred on that day.<br /><br />I used a Sunflex twin lens reflex camera and black-and-white film to snap this picture. I do not remember the aperture and speed settings of the camera but I believe the film was 125 ASA (that was the only film easily available those days).<br /><br />A near-total solar eclipse was a phenomenon we had never witnessed before and people preferred to remain indoors. Those of us who dared to come out were very careful not to look up at the sun.<br />I had set up a mirror in the garden outside my house to reflect the sun’s image onto a wall inside and we had a live relay of the eclipse!<br /><br /> As I came out to adjust the mirror, I saw a strange and eerie sight on the ground. Sunlight filtering through the gaps between the leaves of a gooseberry tree fell on the ground and appeared as thousands of crescents. The eclipse had created a phenomenon wherein every gap between the leaves of the tree became a pinhole camera that showed the image of the partly-eclipsed sun on the ground. It was a strange and wondrous sight and one not seen commonly.<br /><br />Luckily I had my camera loaded and ready and could capture this image (the shadow of my head is also seen in the foreground) for posterity!<br /><br />Photo and Text by Shiva Kumar, Kalyan Nagar, Bangalore – 560 043.</td></tr><tr><td>Calling amateur photographers:<br /><br />Send in your interesting, offbeat pictures along with a brief caption to <a href="mailto:dhinternet@deccanherald.co.in">Webmaster.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>