Most of my Solar images so far have been taken with the aid of an objective solar film filter which fits over my long camera lens or telescope. This plastic metallised film blocks nearly all the light from the sun to the level where it is safe to view directly. It provides a natural white light view (all wavelengths) and is suitable for observing and imaging sunspots on the surface of the sun. It is cheap, safe and easy to use but does not reveal much detail beyond a general appreciation of sunspots.
To reveal more detail of the surface granularity and structure of the sunspots in the chromosphere or flares and prominences in the photosphere you need far more complex equipment and the price goes up accordingly. More detail is revealed by viewing the sun in very narrow bands at specific wavelengths of light commonly the Hydrogen alpha wavelength of 656.28nm. I took some narrow band "Hydrogen_Alpha" images through my dedicated "DayStar SolarScout 60-ds". The H-alpha images show more surface detail of the chromasphere and if tuned correctly are capable of showing flares within the photosphere.
(When focused well the H-alpha scope provides great observing but my imaging skills with this kit so far leave something to be desired. I was having so much trouble getting good focused/tuned images that I passed this scope on.)
My next development is using a Herschel Wedge (Altair Imaging Ready 2" Herschel Wedge) that allows much more detailed white light observing/imaging through a refractor without the need for objective filtering. This can be combined with Continuum (540nm ~ 7.5nm), Calcium-K Line (395nm ~ 7nm) or G Band (430.3nm ~ 2nm) filters to bring out various surface details but does not allow for viewing of the prominences and photosphere.
I will, going forward try to annotate images as I can with appropriate info.
The varying colours in the following images are purely due to different ways I processed the images and carry no scientific significance.
