Posted by David Mayhew on August 13, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Sun/Mon night in Pawnee Buttes, Northern CO. It is a layered image of the best meteor photos I took, using Polaris (North Star) to rotate the layers in order to match up the star position to give a constant Perseid Radiance point.
The base layer is the lightning storm from earlier in the night, I thought the storms might end up blocking visibility but cleared to the east eventually. I like the reflection of the storm in the pool. I was surprised that none of the meteor trails showed up in the pool reflection though.
Canon 5D III, Rokina 14mm, F2.8, 30 sec exposures, ISO 6400.
Kind of wild, David. Love the old windmill as part of the scene too. Most of those of this vintage were made by Aermotor and are still out there doing the job.
Although I was not photographing the event I did see LOTS of folks out at Joshua Tree NP last night for the viewing. As I was leaving after sunset shooting myself, I saw many vehicles entering the park for the event apparently. Many seemed to have stayed overnight as there were lots of cars parked in the turnouts throughout the park when I was re-entering this morning at 0430 for sunrise shooting.
Posted by Eva McDermott on August 13, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Wonderful capture David. You should post this in M&N too.
Posted by Bob Miller on August 14, 2013 at 1:12 AM
Very cool. Well done!
Posted by Lance Warley on August 14, 2013 at 6:40 AM
Stunning, David. Really stunning. Talk about taking advantage of such a rare phenomenon. Great job.
Posted by Brad Strong on August 14, 2013 at 11:04 AM
David, Pretty cool. The meteor trails are not in the pool because of the distortion in the reflection. The top of the water tower is not in the pool, so none of the meteors at that point or above will be in the reflection. The 2 below it appear to have been blocked by the object in front of them (water tank or whatever that is). The closer to the water your camera is, the more elongated the reflections will be. If you had shot from a higher vantage point, the reflations would have been shorter, and you would have some meteor trails in the water.
Posted by David Mayhew on August 15, 2013 at 12:25 AM
Thanks guys. Good point Brad, I guess my angle was too low. Any higher I would have lost the wide angle on the sky though. At least I got some stars in there!
Discussion
7 repliesThe base layer is the lightning storm from earlier in the night, I thought the storms might end up blocking visibility but cleared to the east eventually. I like the reflection of the storm in the pool. I was surprised that none of the meteor trails showed up in the pool reflection though.
Canon 5D III, Rokina 14mm, F2.8, 30 sec exposures, ISO 6400.
Keep watching the skies
Although I was not photographing the event I did see LOTS of folks out at Joshua Tree NP last night for the viewing. As I was leaving after sunset shooting myself, I saw many vehicles entering the park for the event apparently. Many seemed to have stayed overnight as there were lots of cars parked in the turnouts throughout the park when I was re-entering this morning at 0430 for sunrise shooting.