as it was…
the first sign of sun… no sign of the moon yet! 8.27am
grey sky over the field ~ no sign of anything!. 8.32am
9.08am
9.18am
9.19am
9.24 am
the smile! 9.36 am
9.56 am
The dove sat there for most of the time!
The sky was filled with grey cloud over the haze so when the sun peeked in and out of the cloud the mists defined the shape of the moon against the sun without the glare.
Gill McGrath© March 20 morning Yeh!
Gill McGrath 
Again, some amazing pictures here…you definitely captured the mood of this day. janet
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I thought it wouldn’t happen it was so over cast but the clouds thinned a bit in the end so the sun bobbed in and out. No glare at all! Amazing when I realized I could see the moon, got quite excited!
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I would howl at this and expect a response 😀
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the birds shut up for a bit! 🙂
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Beautiful. Thanks for these.
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Thanks Mark. 🙂
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Nice captures of not only the out of this world event, but the ambiance of the unpredictable weather. I recently published a post here http://wp.me/p37YEI-1t3 about a slightly awkward attempt to photograph a total eclipse, way back in 1970. On that day there was not a cloud in the sky, and like your avian friends, it was very hushed! Thanks for the view. M:-)
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Thanks for your lovely comments and thank you for the link to your really lovely post story and photos. I really thought it wasn’t going to happen just here, but glad I didn’t give up. It was fun! Thanks for your share 🙂 xxx
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That 9.24 shot is truly amazing – clouds like a Turner painting! Absolutely the best images of the eclipse. Bravo!
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments. It was the cloud and general air conditions that made it so easy to see! 🙂
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The clouds made it more beautiful than it already was! WoW! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Thanks . The day had an amazing lack of color, but there was quite a lot of clarity in the mist that has actually cleared today after a week or so of haze ! [The haze turned out to be rather helpful ] 🙂
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Well caught, great photos! Didn’t see anything here in Spain, too overcast.
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Thanks! It was fairly good over here and varied. Mist prevailed just here, but it seemed to make the whole thing easier! 🙂
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Great that you managed to see some of the spectacle!
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Wow! you have captured it brilliantly!
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Ten out of ten. There is something magic even with the cloud cover.
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