Night on the Parkway

moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,413 Major grins

A friend wanted me to show her how to shoot stars before her trip to Iceland next month, so Sunday evening I took a few folks up to a dark area - Doughton Park - on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.

1 - We think this might have been Mercury, but we weren't sure.

2 - City lights in the distance were quite evident on this dark night.

3 - I almost didn't get this shot. We had parked in a large lot next to a clearing at the top of a hill with a view of the sky all around. We were shooting for a while when I took a walk to set up a second camera for star trails. I happened to notice this bare tree silhouetted against the sky...

4 - I'm not sure what I caught here - probably a meteor.

5 - Star trail shot - 23 images, 4 minutes each, f/2.8, ISO 400. Yes, there is a little schmutz around the tree branches - a couple of frames had car lights adding some light and color, and I didn't do a great job taking care of them. Something to work on next time...

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