Meteor Shower Aug 11-12
Aug 12, 2016 17:56:06 #
Last night 3 of us went to the Mountain to view the Perseids meteor shower.
The Moon was up for most of it and restricted our viewing to the medium
and larger meteors. Once the moon set most of the storm was over. But we
did see a couple hundred. Annette, my significant other, thoroughly enjoyed
herself. She had never seen anything like that before. I did start shooting
at 2:00 AM and missed the bulk for the storm. I did get 5 good frames out
of 75 I shot. I was pointed at Perseus and of course they were popping off
all around the framing.
In shot #1 you will see the Meteor and the Andromeda Galaxy at 9:00,
the Triangulum Galaxy at a close 6:00, the Double Cluster at 8:00 in the
Milky Way and the Ploidies at a far 6:00. The second shot is a crop of
the first. Everything was shot at 16mm, 30 sec, ISO 1250, f/2.8 with my
Nikon D800E and Tokina 16-28mm Lens.
Craig
The Moon was up for most of it and restricted our viewing to the medium
and larger meteors. Once the moon set most of the storm was over. But we
did see a couple hundred. Annette, my significant other, thoroughly enjoyed
herself. She had never seen anything like that before. I did start shooting
at 2:00 AM and missed the bulk for the storm. I did get 5 good frames out
of 75 I shot. I was pointed at Perseus and of course they were popping off
all around the framing.
In shot #1 you will see the Meteor and the Andromeda Galaxy at 9:00,
the Triangulum Galaxy at a close 6:00, the Double Cluster at 8:00 in the
Milky Way and the Ploidies at a far 6:00. The second shot is a crop of
the first. Everything was shot at 16mm, 30 sec, ISO 1250, f/2.8 with my
Nikon D800E and Tokina 16-28mm Lens.
Craig
Aug 12, 2016 18:01:40 #
At least you got something. It has been thunderstorms and total cloud cover here for the past two days.
Aug 12, 2016 18:24:33 #
dragonswing wrote:
At least you got something. It has been thunderstorms and total cloud cover here for the past two days.
Thank you very much, sorry to hear you are clouded in.
Craig
Aug 12, 2016 19:52:53 #
Absolutely gorgeous images Craig!
You can't see the sky for all the stars up there on your mountain.
Very well done!
You can't see the sky for all the stars up there on your mountain.
Very well done!
Aug 12, 2016 19:57:22 #
SonnyE wrote:
Absolutely gorgeous images Craig!
You can't see the sky for all the stars up there on your mountain.
Very well done!
You can't see the sky for all the stars up there on your mountain.
Very well done!
Thank you so much Sonny I took your advice on my exposures
and had a great time on the Mountain.
Craig
Aug 12, 2016 20:18:09 #
CraigFair wrote:
Last night 3 of us went to the Mountain to view th... (show quote)
Looks good. Lots of color in those meteors.
Aug 12, 2016 21:20:23 #
Aug 12, 2016 23:47:24 #
Alright Ironsides!!
Beautiful shots away from all that city light clutter.
You have some very beautiful shots there my friend.
I was up at 3:30 shooting until almost 6.
I managed to capture 10 total but none are near this nice.
Great job!
Beautiful shots away from all that city light clutter.
You have some very beautiful shots there my friend.
I was up at 3:30 shooting until almost 6.
I managed to capture 10 total but none are near this nice.
Great job!
Aug 13, 2016 02:47:56 #
JimH123 wrote:
Looks good. Lots of color in those meteors.
Thank you very much Jim H.
Craig
Aug 13, 2016 07:29:33 #
CraigFair wrote:
Last night 3 of us went to the Mountain to view th... (show quote)
Nice shots Craig, the Milky way is just beautiful. These were my first attempts at it in a light pollution area. http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-405248-1.html
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-404936-1.html
Aug 14, 2016 16:45:28 #
northcoast42
Loc: Puget Sound, Washington
Gorgeous shots Craig. Love the detail! I couldn't help but laugh when you mentioned how the Perseids were "popping off all around the framing." I experienced the same phenomena. I got a few good ones but it sure seemed that where ever I pointed the camera, the Perseids decided to show up elsewhere. I saw some amazing displays but of course...off camera.
CraigFair wrote:
...I did get 5 good frames out
of 75 I shot. I was pointed at Perseus and of course they were popping off
all around the framing....
Craig
of 75 I shot. I was pointed at Perseus and of course they were popping off
all around the framing....
Craig
Aug 14, 2016 18:23:04 #
taffthetooth wrote:
Nice shots Craig, the Milky way is just beautiful. These were my first attempts at it in a light pollution area. http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-405248-1.html
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-404936-1.html
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-404936-1.html
Thank you very much Taff You made some pretty good shot yourself.
Craig
Aug 14, 2016 18:24:27 #
northcoast42 wrote:
Gorgeous shots Craig. Love the detail! I couldn't help but laugh when you mentioned how the Perseids were "popping off all around the framing." I experienced the same phenomena. I got a few good ones but it sure seemed that where ever I pointed the camera, the Perseids decided to show up elsewhere. I saw some amazing displays but of course...off camera.
Thank you very much John. There were some pretty spectacular one off camera.
Did you post any???
Craig
Aug 14, 2016 18:30:07 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Astronomical event in Los Angeles = Clouds and Fog.
Thank you for looking in and too bad for your clouds.
That's why we went to the Mountain.
Craig
Aug 14, 2016 18:30:54 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
Alright Ironsides!!
Beautiful shots away from all that city light clutter.
You have some very beautiful shots there my friend.
I was up at 3:30 shooting until almost 6.
I managed to capture 10 total but none are near this nice.
Great job!
Beautiful shots away from all that city light clutter.
You have some very beautiful shots there my friend.
I was up at 3:30 shooting until almost 6.
I managed to capture 10 total but none are near this nice.
Great job!
Thank you very very much Jim it was well worth the effort.
Craig
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