Surrounded by the sun: Stunning image shows boy watching solar eclipse... taken from 1.5 miles away


Photographer Colleen Pinski was prepared to travel to the ends of the earth to get this stunning picture of a solar eclipse.



The 27-year-old dashed 370 miles to find the perfect spot to see it after only finding out the day before that the astonishing natural events was taking place.

And as this photograph shows her efforts were worth it despite spending hours in her car heading from her home in Colorado, Denver, to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Ring of fire: A man, standing on a ridge 1.5miles away from photographer Colleen Pinski, is totally encompassed by the outline of the sun

Dedication: Colleen Pinski set out on the 370 mile journey from her home in Colorado, Denver, all the way to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in order to find the perfect vantage point to photograph the eclipse

After Colleen found the perfect location she still had to capture the eclipse over a ridge 1.5miles away.

As her amazing image shows Colleen's efforts paid off with this beautiful photograph of a boy perfectly framed against the eclipse on May 20.

Colleen said she had just about given up but kept trying because she knew it would be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

She said: ‘My husband and I found a store in Denver that we could rent a super telephoto lens-at the last minute. We also rented a hot-mirror to protect the camera sensor and some ND filters.

‘We took our time driving to Albuquerque, taking photos along the way.

‘The eclipse happened at 7:36pm local time and we got there at 5:45pm and found a location that we could set up our equipment.

Perfect timing: Colleen had little more than 20 minutes to take the stunning picture before the eclipse was over

‘We found a nice park that we could sit on the grass. I was only looking at the LCD screen on the camera-to protect my eyes and not directly at the sun.



'I was using a Canon 7D.

‘Way off in the distance, and I mean way off, was a ridge. By the time the eclipse was half over, the sun started to set.

‘It hit the top of this ridge and some guy walked right up and framed himself perfectly for my shot.

‘I have no idea who he was or what he was holding, but I think it was a paper with a pinhole so he could watch the eclipse.

‘So, I snapped away and by that time, the sun was setting incredibly fast and before we knew it, it was gone.’