Posted by David Kingham on August 12, 2012 at 7:43 PM
Thanks Guys, this is a composite of 23 shots from 7 hours of shooting
Posted by John Mumaw on August 12, 2012 at 7:51 PM
This is outrageously cool! Interesting and intriguing. I love the placement of the meteors, and that foreground is great.
Reminds me a bit of Brad Goldpaint's winning image at 'Outdoor Photographer'.
Did moonlight provide the light for the foreground?
Posted by David Kingham on August 12, 2012 at 7:59 PM
Thanks John, ahh yes Brad's image and Gary Randall's were certainly inspiration to create this. The moon lit the mountain range and a bit of the foreground but it was too dark for my taste so I used another frame I took as the sun was rising to brighten up the foreground and set it to 50% opacity which blended very nice!
Posted by Tom Kennon on August 12, 2012 at 8:37 PM
Amazing!
Posted by Jeff Hackett on August 12, 2012 at 8:42 PM
Good heavens what a great image! Postioning your camera to capture the meteors coming out of the upper right was an added attraction for me.
Posted by Lance Burch on August 12, 2012 at 10:01 PM
Awesome David. Your night shots just keep improving.
Posted by Jack Garrett on August 12, 2012 at 10:53 PM
This is crazy good David!! You need to do 2 things:
1. Put this in the Landscape Gallery
2. Enter it into the next Outdoor Photography contest. Like John said, it immediately reminded me of the winning entry...but yours is even better!
Posted by Bob Falcone on August 12, 2012 at 10:56 PM
Well done, David!
Posted by John Mumaw on August 12, 2012 at 11:40 PM
" Like John said, it immediately reminded me of the winning entry...but yours is even better!"
And he couldn't agree more. Thanks for the info. on the light. I just love this one!
Posted by Don Grall on August 13, 2012 at 12:07 PM
Absolutely spectacular!
Posted by Debbie Yarra on August 13, 2012 at 8:28 PM
This is an amazing shot! Wonderful processing, but most of all great composition and I love the rainbow colors in the meteors. What were your settings,if you don't mind me asking? I agree with Jack! I could even see that as a cover shot on OP. Go for it!
Posted by Jimmy Gekas on August 13, 2012 at 8:40 PM
Ridiculous! Absolutely awesome!!!!!
Posted by Kurt Bowman on August 13, 2012 at 9:39 PM
David...this is one of the coolest images I have seen in a long time. Great work!
Posted by Paul Martin on August 13, 2012 at 11:26 PM
SWEET!
Posted by Dave Nguyen on August 14, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Wow! The picture is just amazing but I really, really like the foreground, what imagination and patience.
Posted by David Kingham on August 14, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Thanks again guys, I'm very happy this turned out the way it did. It's gone completely viral and now I have media companies from across the pond wanting to use it for newspapers in the UK, I have no experience with this if anyone has advice I would greatly appreciate it!
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 14, 2012 at 8:02 PM
Way cool. What causes the meteor path to be a spectrum rather than simply a white streak?
Posted by David Kingham on August 14, 2012 at 8:34 PM
I found this explanation via google Doug
The color is caused by light emitted from metal atoms from the meteoroid (blue, green, and yellow) and light emitted by atoms and molecules of the air (red). The metal atoms emit light much like in our sodium discharge lamps: sodium (Na) atoms give an orange-yellow light, iron (Fe) atoms a yellow light, magnesium (Mg) a blue-green light, ionized calcium (Ca+) atoms may add a violet hue, while molecules of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) and oxygen atoms (O) give a red light. The meteor color depends on whether the metal atom emissions or the air plasma emissions dominate.
Posted by Guy Schmickle on August 14, 2012 at 11:24 PM
Your effort was really rewarded with this final image, that's for sure! I can't say that I've ever come close to spending 7 hours to come away with a single image. My ADD kicks in way before that!! Its good to see the image is getting the attention it deserves.
Discussion
25 repliesIs that a single exposure, or did you stack a bunch to get all those meteors ?
Reminds me a bit of Brad Goldpaint's winning image at 'Outdoor Photographer'.
Did moonlight provide the light for the foreground?
1. Put this in the Landscape Gallery
2. Enter it into the next Outdoor Photography contest. Like John said, it immediately reminded me of the winning entry...but yours is even better!
The color is caused by light emitted from metal atoms from the meteoroid (blue, green, and yellow) and light emitted by atoms and molecules of the air (red). The metal atoms emit light much like in our sodium discharge lamps: sodium (Na) atoms give an orange-yellow light, iron (Fe) atoms a yellow light, magnesium (Mg) a blue-green light, ionized calcium (Ca+) atoms may add a violet hue, while molecules of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) and oxygen atoms (O) give a red light. The meteor color depends on whether the metal atom emissions or the air plasma emissions dominate.