Matt_Briston
Perseid Meteor Shower- Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk.
How difficult can it be? With up to a hundred shooting stars an hours from the pieces of Comet Swift-Tuttle in the sky, capturing one should be like shooting fish in a barrel.
Not so; I took just over 150 15-second images, courtesy of my brand-new Triggertrap from the wonderful Helin and team and this was the only one worthy of an upload.
I saw lots of beautiful streaks of light that last for a fraction of a second but take your breath away each time, travelling faster than a speeding bullet to the left and right and above where I had the camera set up. Those that I did get were travelling so fast, they barely show up, even with an ISO of 2500. Any more pushing of the ISO made it seem like daylight.
The main issue is cloud, as the meteors can't be seen through it, Baconsthorpe Castle is a great location as there is very little light pollution but the wind kept on tugging at those clouds and interrupting the view. Apparently, the further north you are, the clearer the skies.
This stuff is so hard to do well; you need to choose a night when there's very little moon, an annual meteor shower, no cloud, little wind and a location with something interesting in it that's facing south. I also need a wider lens. Ho hum.
Perseid Meteor Shower- Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk.
How difficult can it be? With up to a hundred shooting stars an hours from the pieces of Comet Swift-Tuttle in the sky, capturing one should be like shooting fish in a barrel.
Not so; I took just over 150 15-second images, courtesy of my brand-new Triggertrap from the wonderful Helin and team and this was the only one worthy of an upload.
I saw lots of beautiful streaks of light that last for a fraction of a second but take your breath away each time, travelling faster than a speeding bullet to the left and right and above where I had the camera set up. Those that I did get were travelling so fast, they barely show up, even with an ISO of 2500. Any more pushing of the ISO made it seem like daylight.
The main issue is cloud, as the meteors can't be seen through it, Baconsthorpe Castle is a great location as there is very little light pollution but the wind kept on tugging at those clouds and interrupting the view. Apparently, the further north you are, the clearer the skies.
This stuff is so hard to do well; you need to choose a night when there's very little moon, an annual meteor shower, no cloud, little wind and a location with something interesting in it that's facing south. I also need a wider lens. Ho hum.