Is it safe to take a selfie during a solar eclipse with the sun behind you and included in the picture?

It would only pose a threat to your equipment. I have my doubts it would show up on any phone camera.

Should be safe.

If you aren’t staring at sun directly during solar eclipse that should be fine! In case of selfie you’ll be having your back so that would be safe.

Is this a theoretical question, or are you actually travelling to see the total solar eclipse of the sun later this summer? If it’s the latter I recommend you put all your camera equipment away and just watch it.

@Rarebear After you mentioned the total solar eclipse in an earlier post, we altered the date and itinerary of our Oregon trip to accommodate the event. Thanks for that!
We will be going to the Salem/Cannon Beach area, and after the eclipse we will be staying several more days and see the Columbia River Gorge area.
Now, about the eclipse, my plan is to set up my camera on a tripod in movie mode, say, 3 or 4 minutes before the start and just let it run. In addition, I plan to put my phone on a selfie stick and just take a selfie with the sun in it during the period of totality. Since, this period should last a minute and a half to 2 minutes, and taking a selfie should only take 10 seconds or so, this should be doable. And I should still be able to enjoy the eclipse. What do you think?

Okay, sorry for the delay.
My advice is don’t take any pictures during the eclipse. The eclipse is a fleeting thing as it only lasts about 2 minutes and you want to enjoy it. I want to make clear that I am an astrophotographer, I have actually taken pictures of partial eclipses before, and I will not be taking any photos. Just enjoy the moment. The problem with taking a selfie is you will be taking your eyes off the eclipse. You do not want to be staring at your camera.

Most eclipse photographers I know practice for months ahead of time and have everything automated.

If you insist on taking a picture, know that the exposure is going to drastically change between partial and complete. You’ll have to compensate for that.

Let me tell you what I’m doing. I am setting up binoculars on a tripod, and I have solar covers for the binocs. I also got eclipse glasses (link will be below). My plan is to set up my binocs with the solar filters on them, point them at the sun, and watch the partial eclipse through the binocs. Be careful not to look directly at the sun with the unaided eye. You might even want to put a cardboard shield on top of the binocs to protect your eyes.

I will be wearing an eye patch. That way one eye is dark adapted. At the moment of totality, I will be taking off my eclipse glasses, my eye patch and taking off the solar filters off my binocs. I will watch the eclipse both with the naked eye and through my binocs.

Here is the link
https://www.rainbowsymphony.com/eclipse-glasses/

The plastic glasses (not wrap around) are the ones I got. They fit over my regular glasses. I also got a bunch of paper ones for people around me. I also got the paper card eclipse viewer that I am going to fasten to my binoculars.

@Rarebear Thank you for your reply! I may borrow some of your suggestions.

I will watch the eclipse both with the naked eye and through my binocs.” But isn’t it dangerous to watch the eclipse directly with the naked eye?

At the website that you linked, did you get the $19.95 plastic glasses? If so, I’m confused. It says on their website: “Do NOT look through a camera, telescope or binoculars with ANY eclipse shades on!”. Does that mean that they cannot be used to look directly at the eclipse? What good would they be then?

I’m away for a week. When I get home I will snap a picture of my binocs and how I am setting it up. It is safe to look through binocs as long as the binocs have proper filters.

Would it be safe to look directly at the eclipse with those $19.95 plastic glasses and no additional filters?

@2davidc8 Yes. During the partial it’s safe. When it hits totality you can take the glasses off.

@Rarebear Thanks. In that case, I think there’s a typo on the website and it should read:

“Do NOT look through a camera, telescope or binoculars withOUT any eclipse shades on!”.

Yup, that’s a typo.

@2davidc8 @Rarebear :
Do NOT look through a telescope at an eclipse ever! The filters you are discussing are fine for normal viewing, but not the magnified viewing!

@filmfann I am an astronomer, and I know what I’m doing. It is totally fine to look through a telescope or binoculars with a proper solar filter placed over the top. But thank you for your concern.

@filmfann @2davidc8 Now in thinking about it I see what @filmfann is saying. It is not safe to look through binocs or a telescope with the glasses on. You have to put a proper filter over the top of the binocs or the scope. Then it’s safe. Sorry about that @filmfann I just want to be crystal clear here.

Like this. https://www.rainbowsymphonystore.com/collections/solar-filters

@Rarebear @filmfann OK, so the special eclipse glasses are OK to use to view the eclipse withOUT telescope or binocs, but if viewing thru telescope or binocs, additional filters are needed. Right?

Now you’ve got it.

But during totality you can take everything off. I’ll add that if you are looking through bicocs that have filters on them then you take your eclipse glasses off

OK, thanks, @Rarebear for all that information!