Joan, even though the sun looked dim to the eye, it was still bright enough to saturate the chip. That's why the color washed-out. The same thing happened on my unfiltered shots, but when I used a Baader filter over the lens, suddenly the deep red color came back. On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:57 AM, <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
Looking toward the west (from the south eastern part of Salt Lake Valley - Cottonwood Heights), I was also struck by the "blood red" sun (concurring with Chuck). You could also see two plumes of smoke rising and spreading in the sky. One was substantially wider than the other. Tried to take a picture, but the red of the sun didn't come through. Tried longer exposures and the lack of redness grew worse. Not sure why that happened. Yeah, its a digital camera and the chip my not be red sensitive, at least for astrophotography, but the sun was incredibly red.