Acadia National Park - Desending Cadillac Mtn - Meteor Trails
May 8, 2022 09:53:01 #
ScottWardwell
Loc: Maine
As I was coming down the Mountain Wednesday evening, I stopped at the Bar Harbor Overlook and shot this image back up the road toward the summit.
After post-processing, I counted 6 meteor trails - 4 on the left and 2 on the right side. One being very short.
After post-processing, I counted 6 meteor trails - 4 on the left and 2 on the right side. One being very short.
May 8, 2022 09:56:38 #
May 8, 2022 10:01:05 #
ScottWardwell wrote:
As I was coming down the Mountain Wednesday evening, I stopped at the Bar Harbor Overlook and shot this image back up the road toward the summit.
After post-processing, I counted 6 meteor trails - 4 on the left and 2 on the right side. One being very short.
After post-processing, I counted 6 meteor trails - 4 on the left and 2 on the right side. One being very short.
Nice! It took me a while to find the short one!
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
May 8, 2022 10:01:36 #
ScottWardwell
Loc: Maine
tradio wrote:
Nice shot. Do you recall how long the exposure was?
D850 - Irix 15mm f2.4 lens - ISO 3200 - WB4000 - 30 sec at 2.4. NEF(Raw) - Manual settings. Lens is manual focus. Single frame. Do not enable auto settings.
The next time I will engage High ISO NR and Long Exposure NR. As you open the shadows and increase the exposure in ACR, noise does become apparent. I process the base image through On1 Denoise AI software which does a great job. I think I will try 6400 with those two settings enabled so I can reduce the time the shutter is open to minimize star movement but still capture detail.
May 8, 2022 10:47:18 #
ScottWardwell wrote:
As I was coming down the Mountain Wednesday evening, I stopped at the Bar Harbor Overlook and shot this image back up the road toward the summit.
After post-processing, I counted 6 meteor trails - 4 on the left and 2 on the right side. One being very short.
After post-processing, I counted 6 meteor trails - 4 on the left and 2 on the right side. One being very short.
May 8, 2022 11:16:42 #
May 9, 2022 05:42:12 #
May 9, 2022 06:50:28 #
May 9, 2022 07:40:20 #
May 9, 2022 08:27:24 #
Very nice. Clear skies in Maine are awesome! Your photos have made me nostalgic about the times I would hold my then-three-year old daughter as we watched the stars and meteorites on the darkest clearest nights.
May 9, 2022 09:12:15 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
Quite interesting shot! Yea, took me a while to find that short one, also!
May 9, 2022 09:27:07 #
ScottWardwell
Loc: Maine
sb wrote:
Very nice. Clear skies in Maine are awesome! Your photos have made me nostalgic about the times I would hold my then-three-year old daughter as we watched the stars and meteorites on the darkest clearest nights.
Thank you for that kind compliment. It means a lot when an image strikes a chord with someone.
May 9, 2022 10:37:19 #
Even at 30 seconds, this is a terrific presentation...happy you stopped to take this last image!! 
May 10, 2022 10:23:31 #
ScottWardwell wrote:
As I was coming down the Mountain Wednesday evening, I stopped at the Bar Harbor Overlook and shot this image back up the road toward the summit.
After post-processing, I counted 6 meteor trails - 4 on the left and 2 on the right side. One being very short.
After post-processing, I counted 6 meteor trails - 4 on the left and 2 on the right side. One being very short.
WoW!
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