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.
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| 70min or so |
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| Meteor up top left. |
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| Polaris is stationary, all other stars rotate around it. Meteor mid left going off screen. 15 min exposure (30, 30s exposures). |
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| Meteor up top, left. 15 min exposure (30, 30s exposures). |
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