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Annual Perseid Meteor Shower Coming Aug 11-14 The earth passes through the comet debris that causes the Perseid meteor shower for a few weeks, but the activity peaks around the night of August 12-13.  The meteor activity is high for a while on either side of the peak so it can be productive to look in the August 11-14 timeframe. Create a Time-lapse Video of a Meteor Shower http://activesole.blogspot.com/2011/08/create-timelapse-video-of-meteor-shower.html #astronomy   #astrophotography   #tutorial   #Perseid   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Perseid Meteor Shower 2013 - Time-lapse Astrophotography Over six minutes of footage from recent nights, set to the InFiction remix of David Bowie's "Let's Dance", as featured in the recent Kia commercial.  For best results and to see the most meteors, be sure and watch it on YouTube and use the option at the bottom to watch it in HD, either 720P or 1080P HD resolution.   I've given this a f...

How to Photograph Fireworks People often ask me what my settings were for certain night shots, but the light on the landscape and your subject varies from night to night as the moon phase changes, it varies from hour to hour as the moon moves in the sky, and even from moment to moment... (continued...)   http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-to-photograph-fireworks.html I've been shooting fireworks at every opportunity for many years.  Here are some examples from past years: South Lake Tahoe, 2011 http://activesole.blogspot.com/2011/08/south-lake-tahoe-fireworks-ranked-6-in.html Tahoe City, July 4th, 2010 http://activesole.blogspot.com/2010/07/july-4th-weekend.html Seaside, Oregon, 2009 http://activesole.blogspot.com/2009/07/by-rockets-red-glare-bombs-bursting-in.html #fireworks   #fireworksphotography   #tutorial   #HowTo   #nightphotography   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

Lunar Eclipse Time-lapse Below is an example of a time-lapse video which you can capture during a lunar eclipse, and here are a couple of blog posts introducing time-lapse photography: Create a Timelapse Video on Your Digital Camera http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2011/08/01/create-a-timelapse-video-on-your-digital-camera/ Create a Timelapse Video of a Meteor Shower http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2011/08/13/create-a-timelapse-video-of-a-meteor-shower/ #lunareclipse   #astronomy   #astrophotography   #timelapse   #tutorial   Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Last post before I head out for the eclipse... Good luck everyone! Lunar Eclipse December 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26aXK2vg6EI