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11-AUG-2012

IMG_6611-1.jpg

Well, imagine my surprise after reviewing 99 images from tonight (shot before the clouds rolled in and made star/meteor shots impossible) that I actually caught ONE meteor trail with the fisheye lens. (Equipment: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 8-15mm F/4L ultra-wide fisheye zoom, remote shutter release and a chair. Exif data: single image, f/4.0, 20 seconds, ISO 6400, 8mm, edited in Lightroom 4 to crop and minimize noise) Still have many shots to check out and still so much to learn, but it was wonderful sitting at one of my favorite night-viewing spots, feeling the warm desert wind while gazing for unfathomable light years into the universe and creation and God.

This is brand-new photographic ground for me and I was glad to be inspired to get my butt out there to see the meteors. It's forcing me to up my skill set. I likened it to this: as photographers, we rely so much on our visual skills (to compose our images based on light, color, shadow, subject, etc.) ... but with astrophotography, technical skill is forced into the foreground, often with very ungraceful results. I was happy I went out the night before and worked out a few issues, as last night went better than expected. I completely admit that I have a huge amount to learn (thankfully!) and come to this type of shooting very willing to do so. I know there are great softwares out there, too, that will assist when the time comes ... for now, baby steps.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
20s f/4.0 at 8.0mm iso6400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large auto
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dane12-Sep-2012 21:53
You have all the time in the world.
Lee G15-Aug-2012 04:23
A pretty cool first step, Nancy! Sitting under a warm desert sky with a view like this above is a treat and a shot like this is the bonus for your fun effort!
J. Scott Coile13-Aug-2012 17:17
Awesome in FE view. Well done on the processing end too.
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