Orionid meteor show

ghinson

Only a small little meteor, but I kinda liked this one. My first star photo.



My attempt at stacking some star trails was a bust though!

adbsgicom

That is gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.

mud390

That is a beautiful photo! What are the details of the shot (i.e. equipment, exposure time, focal length, etc.)?

Kris

ghinson

Nikon D700, 17-35mm at 17mm, f2.8, 25 sec exp at ISO 6400 (one of the real strengths of this camera, I am figuring out).

rainbow

Good one!

I was up in the Sierras for the Perseid Meteor Shower. And the meteors came every one to three minutes while I was pointing them out to a group of city boys. Then I set up the camera and took 12 30 sec exposures (I did not have a remote there) for six continuous minutes without a single meteor showing up! Best I got was the Perseid Meteor airplane .

Thanks for sharing.

rwells

Spectacular

Great comp & colors

Eia

Wow, I think this is great. I like the whole scene and the colors! Gee - your first time? Would never know it!

dlplumer

Well done. How about sharing how you didi it.

Dan

Azzaro

That is a beautiful shot......... azzaro

ghinson

Thanks all. How I did it. I went out about 2 hrs before dawn hoping to do a star trails picture. (This didn't work, or at least not yet, am trying to stack exposures in PS, but not liking the result.) Before I set the D700's intervalometer to do an hour's worth of 25 sec, ISO 200, f2.8 photos. I decided to do a couple of test exposures. I cranked the ISO to 6400 and took a 25 sec exposure. I actually did not do that much in pp. Just curves for contrast. As a meteor shower goes, it was a little boring. In about an hour and ten minute's worth of exposures, at a 17mm (FX) frame, I only captured meteors in about 4 exposures. More of a meteor drip. But this exposure was my favorite.

Fun thing about this picture. I posted it on Flickr as well and it got picked up this morning, briefly, as the Home Page photo. And in about 4 hours, it has 1400 views and 60 comments. My next most popular photo is about 50/5 after several months. Kinda fun.

I turned and got this the same morning, as my pre-dawn time was running out.

lilmomma

the first photo.......WOW!!!!!!

sara505

ghinson wrote:

Only a small little meteor, but I kinda liked this one. My first star photo.



My attempt at stacking some star trails was a bust though!

I love this - I love stars - and the composition, well, the tree absolutely makes it.

Maestro

Both photos are very well done even though the meteor shower isn't exactly what you expected.

wendell

That is an absolutely gorgeous shot --- great job.
wendell

RonA18

Bravo! Well done.

Ron