Geograph - photograph every grid square

After a cloudy start to the morning, with no sun visible, the clouds parted briefly at about twenty past nine, just in time to witness the moon's path crossing the sun. This photo was taken at approx 9.49am, about half an hour after the eclipse had been at its maximum (about 90%). Compare it with SD7807 : Partial Solar Eclipse, North Manchester 9.28am, taken about 30 minutes earlier.

Both were taken through a heavy neutral density filter to reduce the amount (but not alter the colour) of the light from the sun which would otherwise have "burnt out" the photo. Even using the camera's fastest shutter speed (1/4000 sec) and the smallest lens aperture (f22), the sun still appears white in the photo.