I observed a Partial Solar Eclipse this afternoon. Presented below are some pictures I took from my backyard (Nugegoda, Colombo District, Sri Lanka).

මම අද පස්‌වරුවේ ගෙදර මිදුලේ සිට ලබා ගත්‌ පිංතූර කීපයක්‌ පහත දැක්‌වේ. ගෙදර තියෙන්‌නෙ නුගේගොඩ. වලාකුලු වලින්‌ පිරිල තිබුනෙ. හැබැයි ටික වේලාවකට ඉර පොඩ්‌ක්‌ පායන්‌න ගත්‌තා.

I used an Infrared (IR) Filter with a 500mm Opteka Mirror Lens, a 2x Barlow Lens, which gave me 1000mm on the mirror lens. I also used my EFS 55-250mm IS lens. The mirror lens is a cheap and light-weight alternative to a proper telescope. The afternoon Sun was very bright (because the Earth passed its Perihelion few days ago). Instead of using a small aperture I used the IR filter because it cuts off quite a bit of light.

For more details of the eclipse please follow this link