Lyrids through the clouds
May 11, 2015 11:52:33 #
I wasn't going to post anything because I'm just starting out with night skies, but what the heck - I like this shot. This was from the night after the peak, just before dawn when the meteors streaked upward in the southwest sky. I barely got a break in the clouds where the brightest part of the Milky Way shows in the SSW sky.
The yellow glow in the clouds is reflected light from the Aurora mine maybe 7-8 miles up in the hills, and the red glow is from small-town lights a few miles behind me. A second, dimmer meteor and two very dim satellites can be seen full-screen.
Sony a77ii with Tokina 11-16mm ATX-Pro
25 sec
f2.8
ISO 800
The yellow glow in the clouds is reflected light from the Aurora mine maybe 7-8 miles up in the hills, and the red glow is from small-town lights a few miles behind me. A second, dimmer meteor and two very dim satellites can be seen full-screen.
Sony a77ii with Tokina 11-16mm ATX-Pro
25 sec
f2.8
ISO 800
May 11, 2015 12:48:00 #
I'm glad you posted, I love this image!
We don't get any rain here, just the clouds :-(
Very nice shot, keep them coming :-)
GT
We don't get any rain here, just the clouds :-(
Very nice shot, keep them coming :-)
GT
May 11, 2015 13:44:19 #
May 11, 2015 16:53:43 #
May 11, 2015 17:04:04 #
Thank you for the kind words. As I said, I'm just (re)learning to shoot the night sky digitally, and trying to figure out the best processing (I watched two tutorials on LR/PS processing that differed greatly in technique.)
I got lucky on this one. I may sound like a fisherman if I say "you should have seen the one that got away," but it's true. The brightest meteor streaked past when I was setting up, and two other very bright ones were out of frame.
I got lucky on this one. I may sound like a fisherman if I say "you should have seen the one that got away," but it's true. The brightest meteor streaked past when I was setting up, and two other very bright ones were out of frame.
May 12, 2015 08:52:18 #
Very interesting perspective. Certainly can see how the clouds moved during the 25 sec exposure while the stars were steady.
May 16, 2015 09:19:41 #
May 16, 2015 16:20:32 #
northcoast42
Loc: Puget Sound, Washington
That is such a cool image. Glad you posted Desert Gecko. Beautiful!!!:thumbup:
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