Last night I left the point and shoot out to try to capture a Geminid two days before the peak. Well I didn't catch anything. Last night, I saw plenty of meteor streaks in the sky, so I again put the point and shoot out on the ground - but this time I set up the Canon Rebel XT with a wide angle lens to try to catch some meteors with a cleaner sensor.
I saw several streak through the field of view, but when I downloaded the photos I didn't see anything! What gives? I'm guessing I didn't have the ISO high enough to catch the very quick and faint meteors. Tonight, the peak Geminid night, I'm going to give it another go with a higher ISO. I guess I'll have to accept a little noise in order to capture the little buggers on film ("film").
![night sky over ohio night sky over ohio](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1JYou3W6_XFCBclVc9UNc5A1ahWb9m5MUYJiPs7Eep-5JTFKT4EJyH7W8VSr_v9GUxkqiwop7URYAdS_zwTOYGuIBPbTJPfiPYlctvtn-7Iy6ngGgRlXWo8Le-L-BEDKxuEd5LqubDnI/s400/1IMG_5793.jpg) |
Full disclosure: I adjusted the color a bit in Photoshop |
![star trails star trails](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpGf-foz1Ga_gSI4iU_DW3yU63eqULqYfWeSmmYYCftB4HVCp0-VUVUbrXJDSZGFOGIzo4o_wEsJj3QZahqc38084ba3VfEGCVWaX2WCS0Vrx94c08FEs1ViFel1bQYfVc_LjfQarQ5rH/s400/stackedImage1.jpg) |
No meteors here... |
![star trails star trails](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyj-QYQV_8889zZglc3M36QaB1DHVU1tMuCYGNu0syWh3PU_ioBP-TowPwpla3ghXonpMur0wSOAc2KSA-QCsynvxAJfG7hKITzxmqFhiToXdYMZyxT-H_HY89katE6kybx_V1DQatuijF/s400/stackedImage2.jpg) |
None here either... |
![extra long star trails extra long star trails](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HPGb00FOSwWu-T9zrR-U7x98n3jVL-6Jkb-BZ2jCHJG3bF0TSi-e_FXXkn7jVcfnFS9bz4cnAVrzAvDFgqjCSvS0S3sGIcihyphenhyphenddaaupPZzWmWxEPKv5oOFd4KhTmVKc3q0gFNbgPhFlL/s400/startrails.jpg) |
No meteors, but my largest stack to date: 260 images, 15 sec ea., ISO 400 |
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