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On the same birch tree, perhaps carved by the same person, is this expression of romantic heartbreak.
Photo captured with Sony a7II & Meyer-Optik Görlitz Diaplan 100mm f2.8 projector lens + 3D-printed M42- adapter sleeve + M42 - NEX helicoid adapter
D'où venons-nous ? Où courons-nous tous, pressées, survoltés, en retard, en avance, parfois !
Nous passons notre vie à courir pour toutes sortes de bonnes raisons, et parce que la vie est un perpétuel mouvement. Le temps ne s'arrête jamais. L'horloge s'affole et nous courons toujours, parce que plus nous courons, moins il nous reste de temps !
Et le temps finit toujours par nous rattraper.
Car s'il y a des aiguilles, il n'y a pas d'hélice, hélas, c'est là qu'est l'os.......mais que fait donc Hélios ?
Taken in the early hours of this morning (approx. 3.00am) no wonder I feel tired!
Alarm was set for 1.30 - cloud obscured the skies, but then started to clear. I had already set the equipment up in the garage and then just had to open the door and avoid knocking it all over in the dark.
Not the ideal location as there is quite a lot of light pollution locally, but couldn't face driving to the coast after having been on the road all day. Also wanted to have a decent point of reference in the shots.
This is a composite of about 10 shots and there are at least 5 shooting star trails emanating from the North East Perseids atmosphere entry point. If you zoom in you can see a hint of the green / red colouring (green from Magnesium traces in the debris, red from it burning Nitrogen and Oxygen in the atmosphere).
There was also a very spectacular 'fireball' - of course not where the camera was pointing but low to the east it was very bright, reminded me of that Russian dash cam video.
Great to see - and did seem to be more frequent that previous occasions. Counted about 70 over a 2 and a half hour period.
If you want to try it, the settings over are a good starting point. To work out your exposure use the 600 rule - divide 600 by the true focal length of your lens (so 35mm on full frame 17 seconds, on crop sensor 10 seconds). This will avoid you introducing star trails on individual shots.
Sturdy tripod and shutter release locked down - or interval timer if you camera has one (my 7D Mk II does but would have also introduced more noise and captured less light with the shorter exposure).
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
Vast, magnificent and inarguably beautiful, the Grand Canyon is easily Arizona’s most distinguishable landmark – and a natural wonder that you simply have to see to believe. Stretching 277 miles from end to end, steep, rocky walls descend more than a mile to the canyon’s floor, where the wild Colorado River traces a swift course southwest. Rock that dates back 1.8 billion years lies at the bottom. Exactly how the river formed the canyon is still unclear, but geologists generally agree that most of the cutting occurred within the last five million years.