One night before an anticipated partial solar eclipse, a photographer from New York sketched out the picture he hoped to capture. He shared his sketch on social media. The next day, his winning shot was a perfect replica of that very same plan. Having found a vantage point overlooking the eclipse location and Stissing Mountain Fire Tower in Pine Plains, one of his favorite features, photographer Julian Diamond mapped out his expectations in minute detail, right down to the angles. “Holding myself accountable,” he wrote, posting his sketch on Twitter on June 9. “If it’s clear tomorrow morning but my photo doesn’t look like this, feel free to ridicule me.” “The eraser marks are there, I just like to be thorough with my erasing,” he joked of his “original schematic,” adding that many calculations had already taken place on scraps of paper. The next day, he shared photos of his sketch beside …