July Skies
Uploaded: July 29, 2012
Maria Coulson January 27, 2013
WOW!! #1511484Paul R. Nelson January 27, 2013
Thank you, Maria. This was captured in my front yard during the Perseid meteor shower in July. (I set my camera up to continuously capture 30 second images and went to bed; I got lucky with this meteor.) #10540599Maria Coulson January 27, 2013
I would have though that with 30 second images, you would get light trails. The pic I submitted for the MT is 17 pics, 30 seconds each. That is how I got the torches from top to bottom.Paul R. Nelson January 27, 2013
This was captured with a Sigma 20mm f/1.8 lens. If you take 600 and divide it by the focal length of the lens, you will get the maximum length of time that you can have the shutter open without getting star trails, in this case 30 seconds. I had the shutter wide open with the ISO set to 2500, which would have picked up more stars than the naked eye can see.I was wondering how you captured that image. #10541104
Maria Coulson January 28, 2013
I had no idea! Thanks for the explanation. #10541789Paul R. Nelson January 28, 2013
You are welcome, Maria. I am glad I could be of help. #10542203Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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