strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"Title:/span/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;" The Crescent Sun/spanbr/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"Time:/span/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;" August/21/2017/spanbr/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"Location:/span/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;" Richmond Hill, ON/spanbr/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"Equipment Used:/span/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;" Nikon D7100 amp; Nikon 70-300mm/spanbr/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"Camera Settings:/span/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;" 1/8000s fnof;/32 ISO 100 @ 300mm/spanbr/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;"Planning, Problems amp; Commentary:/span/strongspan style="font-family:times new roman,serif;" This was the first time I captured a celestial phenomenon with a camera. We were aware of the 2017 solar eclipse taking place, and prepared in advance with a simple tripod, camera, and remote shutter. As it turned out, the sun was much to bright to capture, even with every setting set to reduce incoming light. With quick thinking, we found an old pane with little use, and lit a lighter beneath it. The lighterrsquo;s smoke effectively ldquo;tintedrdquo; the glass, and we placed it in front of the camera. This worked surprisingly well as a makeshift neutral density filter, and allowed the capture of this sight/span