I wasn't a slug.

The persids, according to what I had read, were supposed to be pretty good this year. Now I think that really referred to the moon being out of the way.

Anyway, usually I am a slug and don't get out during the meteor showers. This time, I was still up and wide awake, and the sky was clear, so I headed out to Shanty Hollow Lake about midnight. Actually got there at 12:30am or so.

I stayed until 3am, as from what I had read, the shower would get better the closer it got to dawn. I actually saw more in the 1 am range than I did closer to 3 am. All together I saw 6 or 7 meteors, which I don't think is a lot considering I was there two and a half hours.

I did get a few meteors on camera, small streaks, but I did get a few.  So mission accomplished I suppose.

I had two cameras going continuously, shooting a 30 second exposure, then immediately firing off again. One camera fogged up eventually, the other didn't. Go figure.

For the star trails, I ran them through photoshop to merge the photos together. White balanced on the blue side. As is not unusual, I processed them pretty heavily.

Caught Polaris on a few of these, and it was nearby on the others - nice. The bottom line is, I'm glad I did make the trip.

So, here are mostly star trails with the occasional meteor thrown in. I need a much wider lens if I hope to get some good meteor shower shots.

70min or so

Meteor up top left.

Polaris is stationary, all other stars rotate around it.
Meteor mid left going off screen.
15 min exposure (30, 30s exposures).

Meteor up top, left. 15 min exposure (30, 30s exposures).

A hike through the creek - Wet Prong Buffalo.

It was an off and on (mostly off) rainy day (my favorite time to shoot), but I managed to stay mostly dry (except my feet and legs). Made for a few nice foggy shots.

Noticed a pair of, I think abandoned, turkey eggs on top of a rock, and saw butterflies. Probably put up too many shots, but took a boat load. I think the last one is probably best.

All in all, a good day. Going to go all the way down the creek one of these days. Maybe covered about one fourth of the creek or less, lots more to explore.

From the mouth of Big Spring Cave.

The turkey eggs are on top of the big rock just left of center.

A pair of turkey eggs.

Was happy with the fog for a few shots.

Hemlocks! Interesting, didn't see that coming.

Another timelapse.

Still playing around with timelapse video. This is from the state park at Nolin Lake. Mildly interesting, like the last one (mildly interesting). Throwing in a sixty second long exposure that is nothing to write home about.

An evening at Floyd's.

Well, I was too lazy to get actual star trails. Did several three minute shots, this was the best. I used my headlamp illuminate the buildings.

Floyd Collins house and ticket office

The bottom shot is from the mouth of Cathedral Cave. Wanted to check out the sunset. I am pretty sure I can get a sunset shot over the river in late June.

Well, here we go again!

It's Jim!

Back again. Evening this time.

Back again. Wanted a few evening shots. The bottom two are illuminated with my LED headlamp.

Neat! With more water.

You can't tell it, but it was a rainy day. More water than last time though.

I'll try this one again when the water is ripping a little more.