Orionid Meteor Shower Last Saturday Morning (HD Timelapse Video) The Orionid Meteor Shower this year was a bit of a dud. I was shooting up at 11,000 feet in the White Mountains and ran my camera for about 4 hours, from 10:40pm Friday until 2:50am, well after the moon came up. To see how a much more active meteor shower looks, here's one of my Perseid Meteor Shower videos from the same location, displayed on the Discover Magazine blog, best viewed full screen: Perseids, Writ Large http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/08/25/perseids-writ-large/ I have a number of posts on my blog www.MyPhotoGuides.com * related to night shooting and timelapse videos. Here's one of the more recent ones building on those pasts posts: Create a Timelapse Video of a Meteor Shower http://activesole.blogspot.com/2011/08/create-timelapse-video-of-meteor-shower.html I'm curious to see how an HD 720P video gets displayed on G+. I have a ton of timelapse footage that I haven't foun...
I just deleted about 20 photos from my Picasa "album" containing images on my Blogger blog. Just as I hit return, I was able to read the warning message... "doing this will delete the photos from your blog"!! Oops.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous shot. The landscape here with the tufas is something from out of this world. The moon and lighting adds much to that.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great image Jeffrey Sullivan ! This really stood out in my stream! Thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteThomas Russ Arnestad The moon moves quite a bit over the course of a year, so this alignment is available for a sunset moon rise maybe twice per year.. IF the weather cooperates! I caught by accident one year, and have gone back twice since. This was my best visit experiencing this event so far.
Even more so a great image given that explenation. Doesn´t it feel even better when you nail a shot that you´ve planned for long in advance?
ReplyDeleteThomas - Absolutely. I use the free app The Photographer's Ephemeris running on Google Earth to plan ahead and increase my odds, but you can't control the weather so maybe 2/3 of my plans work out. Some of my most interesting shots were taken on my way to a planned sunrise or sunset, and I end up someplace random "out of place" and I have to improvise.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip Jeffrey, just downloaded the app and will definitely check it out. I´m not too organized on my planning part as I have way too little time for photography these days (lots of work and many familiy obligations) but work like yours keep me inspired!
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