Meteors and mushrooms: Caught a few Leonid meteors , this one left a smoke trail that was visible in several subsequent 25 sec exposures .. I saw a giant slow moving fireball ( thought...

gekko11 Loc: Las Cruces NM

Caught a few Leonid meteors , this one left a smoke trail that was visible in several subsequent 25 sec exposures .. I saw a giant slow moving fireball ( thought it was a helicopter at first!) just before I had camera set up :? Total of 740 exposures, kinda disappointed , thought there would be more meteors, oh well next I'll try again

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cmc65

gekko11 wrote:

Caught a few Leonid meteors , this one left a smoke trail that was visible in several subsequent 25 sec exposures .. I saw a giant slow moving fireball ( thought it was a helicopter at first!) just before I had camera set up :? Total of 740 exposures, kinda disappointed , thought there would be more meteors, oh well next I'll try again

You even got a reflection. Wonderful.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

gekko11 wrote:

Caught a few Leonid meteors , this one left a smoke trail that was visible in several subsequent 25 sec exposures .. I saw a giant slow moving fireball ( thought it was a helicopter at first!) just before I had camera set up :? Total of 740 exposures, kinda disappointed , thought there would be more meteors, oh well next I'll try again

Very worthwhile ;)

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Very well done. What time did you shoot?
I think I missed the sweet spot. I ran out of battery at 3:30 and was snug in bed when it did.
:wink:

gekko11 Loc: Las Cruces NM

cmc65 wrote:

You even got a reflection. Wonderful.

Thank you ! I've really been trying for the reflection

gekko11 Loc: Las Cruces NM

Dngallagher wrote:

Very worthwhile ;)

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks Donald , Even a night without any meteors is worthwhile , I really enjoy it

gekko11 Loc: Las Cruces NM

Albuqshutterbug wrote:

Very well done. What time did you shoot?
I think I missed the sweet spot. I ran out of battery at 3:30 and was snug in bed when it did.
:wink:

Thanks very much Jim ,, This shot was at about 9:45 PM , I went back and looked and I wound up with 909 exposures from 9 pm to 3 am before batteries died. (only 4 or 5 meteors) I use a Camranger linked through iPad to control intervalometer and exposure settings, so after the initial setup and taping a hand warmer on barrel of lens I go to bed !! :-) :-)

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

gekko11 wrote:

Caught a few Leonid meteors , this one left a smoke trail that was visible in several subsequent 25 sec exposures .. I saw a giant slow moving fireball ( thought it was a helicopter at first!) just before I had camera set up :? Total of 740 exposures, kinda disappointed , thought there would be more meteors, oh well next I'll try again

Great shot Steve.
Craig

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Beautiful!
Out piddling at the puddle again...

I thought with that title you ate some mushrooms and got some psychedelic pictures. ;)

(I grew up in the '60's... The first LP I owned was Jimmy Hendrix)

http://thirdmonk.net/postcont/2014/06/psychedelic-art-gallery-3.jpg

Whew! Talk about flashbacks! :lol: 8-)

hettmoe Loc: Rural ND

Real nice, Steve.

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

gekko11 wrote:

Thanks very much Jim ,, This shot was at about 9:45 PM , I went back and looked and I wound up with 909 exposures from 9 pm to 3 am before batteries died. (only 4 or 5 meteors) I use a Camranger linked through iPad to control intervalometer and exposure settings, so after the initial setup and taping a hand warmer on barrel of lens I go to bed !! :-) :-)

You got more than I did.. I did the same thing. Set the intervalometer, point and double check the shot.
Off to bed. Mine ran out at 3:30 and not one meteor.
You must be out North behind the hill? I just noticed the Milky Way in your shot.