Eclipse with spartan means

Yours turned out quite well; I didn't use a dedicated filter and had to work on the photo in post.

The shot isn't bad, it seems balanced in terms of contrast to me anyway.

Nice.

Yes, let's speak plainly. The photo is unremarkable.

It has more artistic value than scientific value.

The main problem, for example, is the overexposed sun and the chromatic aberration at the edges (purple halo around the sun) due to cheap lenses regardless.

For the rest, given the means, I expected worse

Let's say, to the face of those who use materials worth thousands of euros and perhaps cannot achieve good results.

On April 4th the moon turns red... too bad it won't be seen from here. What a shame

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/03/eclissi-luna-4-aprile/419185/