Perseids Meteors
Taken by David Kingham on August 12, 2012 @
Snowy Range, Wyoming, USA
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure Time: 30/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 3200
Date Taken: 2012:08:12 14:49:53
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Last night I went out to Snowy Range in Wyoming in search of dark skies for the Perseid meteor shower. I wanted something special for the foreground and I knew the Snowies faced in the perfect direction to get this shot. I started shooting at 10pm and didnt stop until 5 am, I had to change my battery every 2 hours which made for a long night. The moon rose around 1am to light up the mountain range.
This is a composite of 23 images, 22 for the meteors/stars and 1 taken at sunrise for the foreground which was lightly blended in. Each exposure was 30 seconds at iso 3200 f2.8 I also corrected the orientation of the meteors to account for the rotation of the earth (this took forever!)
I had a great night which was made even better because I spent it with my newly adopted dog Emmie, she was a trooper!
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