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New Meteor Shower
This Friday night and into Saturday morning there is predicted to be a new meteor shower. Many estimates are predicting counts similar to the best showers of the year, the Perseids and Geminis, with hourly counts around 100 and some the possibility of a meteor storm with 400 an hour. There is no way to be certain other than to show up somewhere and find out what occurs. The peak is supposed to be Saturday morning around 2:30 AM.
If this turns out good it will be best photographed somewhere dark and with interesting ground features for the composition. Almost totally clear skies will be needed too, I have found in the past some semi-transparent clouds can make things more interesting, but 1/2 overcast just makes it impossible. Right now the weather forecast for Roanoke is anyone’s guess. I’m thinking of perhaps hiking up to the summit of Sharp Top Mountain somewhere around midnight or maybe a little before if things show promise. The summit area is dark and offers interesting ground features for a composition with meteors or of they don’t show star trail scenes. The numerous towns and cities below also make fine night photography subjects in their own right, no matter what not a place to leave empty handed of photos. The radiant for this shower is also in the area of Polaris so it could make for some interesting circular trail shots with random meteors radiating outward.
I’d like to invite any of my contacts to join me in shooting this, I’m not set to this location but want somewhere much more interesting than a backyard or field. If you would like to learn night star trail photography then I could show you what settings work for me and help in setting up the camera. This basically involves setting up and letting the camera shoot away consecutive images and then later stack them in Photoshop. I also know how to shoot a ground scene and mask in multiple meteor captures into one night scene. Write me with Flickr mail if you are interested.
New Meteor Shower
This Friday night and into Saturday morning there is predicted to be a new meteor shower. Many estimates are predicting counts similar to the best showers of the year, the Perseids and Geminis, with hourly counts around 100 and some the possibility of a meteor storm with 400 an hour. There is no way to be certain other than to show up somewhere and find out what occurs. The peak is supposed to be Saturday morning around 2:30 AM.
If this turns out good it will be best photographed somewhere dark and with interesting ground features for the composition. Almost totally clear skies will be needed too, I have found in the past some semi-transparent clouds can make things more interesting, but 1/2 overcast just makes it impossible. Right now the weather forecast for Roanoke is anyone’s guess. I’m thinking of perhaps hiking up to the summit of Sharp Top Mountain somewhere around midnight or maybe a little before if things show promise. The summit area is dark and offers interesting ground features for a composition with meteors or of they don’t show star trail scenes. The numerous towns and cities below also make fine night photography subjects in their own right, no matter what not a place to leave empty handed of photos. The radiant for this shower is also in the area of Polaris so it could make for some interesting circular trail shots with random meteors radiating outward.
I’d like to invite any of my contacts to join me in shooting this, I’m not set to this location but want somewhere much more interesting than a backyard or field. If you would like to learn night star trail photography then I could show you what settings work for me and help in setting up the camera. This basically involves setting up and letting the camera shoot away consecutive images and then later stack them in Photoshop. I also know how to shoot a ground scene and mask in multiple meteor captures into one night scene. Write me with Flickr mail if you are interested.