Guest peter shah Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) A single Perseid streaking across the Milky Way over New Bridge in Meifod on the night of August 12. ....It was a good night loads coming in but the camera seemed to always point in the wrong direction.... cheers Peter http://www.flickr.com/photos/astropix/9499577604/ meteor by peter shah, on Flickr Edited August 13, 2013 by peter shah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 wow Peter, Great capture, good candidate for photo of the month that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan the Plumber Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 That's a beautiful photo what I would give for clear skies love the lighting on the bridge too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 That's a great image. Were the lights natural, or did you add them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fluke Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Thats a cracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter shah Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Thanks everyone.....Baz the only lighting I used was a torch to illuminate the bridge the traffic lights did the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 thats really nice, love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Great colour in the Milky Way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 That is amazing. What kit did you use / filters? How long was the exposure(s). I don't even dream of capturing images that good! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Pretty amazing what effect you have got there, it looks surreal. I have seen other pic's where people have used flash guns to "paint" with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 That is a truly amazing picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter shah Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Thanks everyone That is amazing.What kit did you use / filters? How long was the exposure(s).I don't even dream of capturing images that good!James Hi James, I have a Nikon D3s which I set at 8000iso with a 17mm f2.8 lens working at f3.5, It was a mosaic of two frames upper and lower with a very generous over lap, just so I could get the Milky Way extending higher. Exposure was 30 seconds on a fixed tripod....nothing fancy....I have pretty good skies here, but last night the transparency was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest i-am-kloot Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Thats an awsome photo Peter even if it had no meteor.........the Perseid is the icing on the cake. Actually, it looks like you have caught 2 there Peter...........looks like a smaller one to the left as well....or is it me eyes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 30 seconds!!!!!!!!! That is uber amazing. And iso 8000, and to think i was worried of noise at iso 1600 I'm coming to wales in early september so i hope i get some clear dark skies like that. Is the streak definately a meteor? It has a very precise start and end, and it gets less bright in the middle segment, which seems odd. Iridium flares in my experience get brighter in the middle, so i don't think it's that, but could it be a bog standard satellite which was already in frame when the shutter opened, and was still there 30 seconds later when the shutter closed? That would account for the square ends. The few meotor images i've seen have one bright end and the trails are relatively short. But whatever it is, it's absolutely amazin and i'm totally envious of your sky. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter shah Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) Thanks again everyone.... Hello James, The D3s is a very high spec camera an superb in low light with very little noise at these ridiculous iso. Its IR/UV cut off filter allows all the important wavelengths though, unlike some of the canon dslr's.... I haven't really used it in anger for Astro stuff as its my works camera......I see what you you mean, the first thing I can say is I saw it come down it was very bright and fast almost flash like so I'm sure it is, I only saw two others similar but not as bright and further to the North, most of the other ones faded, but having said that I took over 60 odd frames many of the meteors were too faint to register, which was surprising so it needed to be a bright one to show up......unless this was a different frame and the one I saw didn't register...could be possible as It was one of a sequence of shots Edited August 14, 2013 by peter shah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter shah Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Thats an awsome photo Peter even if it had no meteor.........the Perseid is the icing on the cake. Actually, it looks like you have caught 2 there Peter...........looks like a smaller one to the left as well....or is it me eyes? The one above in the frame is a satellite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Lovely shot Peter - full of colour and very atmospheric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I think you submit it to one of the astro publications. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulG Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 That is one hell of a jaw dropping photo, just stunning. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harper. Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 30 seconds!!!!!!!!! That is uber amazing. And iso 8000, and to think i was worried of noise at iso 1600 I'm coming to wales in early september so i hope i get some clear dark skies like that. Is the streak definately a meteor? It has a very precise start and end, and it gets less bright in the middle segment, which seems odd. Iridium flares in my experience get brighter in the middle, so i don't think it's that, but could it be a bog standard satellite which was already in frame when the shutter opened, and was still there 30 seconds later when the shutter closed? That would account for the square ends. The few meotor images i've seen have one bright end and the trails are relatively short. But whatever it is, it's absolutely amazin and i'm totally envious of your sky. James You can't really compare iso like that James, as different cameras handle noise differently.... The camera used to take that pic cost around £4700 it's a super low noise machine, in a different leaque really. Max iso 12800 and 12.1 megapixel. Compared to my 5D mkIII at £3000 also a fantastic low noise machine with a Max iso 25600 and 22.1 megapixel. It is a fantastic shot Peter, where abouts in wales were you? I watched the recent meteor shower from the base of Snowdon, the views were asolutely incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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