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The image sequence below (top left to bottom right), with a cadence of five minutes between exposures, is from 1st contact until the setting moon "hit the trees" at 05:33 MST.  These images were acquired with a Questar 3-1/2 inch telescope (f/14 back focus) and Nikon D3000 camera. The sky was hazy with a lot of schmutz and wafting thin clouds brightening the sky, lowering the image contrast, obscuring coloration (and in general being very annoying).  Exposure times (nd ISO sensitivity) was empirically adjusted throughout the eclipse to compensate (as best possible) for varying sky conditions after 04:06 MST (see exposure log below image mosaic).  Click HERE to see  an illustration of the timing and geometry of this eclipse.  Compare (with pristine conditions) to TLE 14MAY2014 observed and photographed from the same location under perfect skies a year earlier.