Hi everybody, Just got back from the hills, chilled and in big need of a hot tea to warm up my fingers enough to be able to type. This is my very first meteor storm and I must say it deserved its name. At its peak I could count more than five bright flashes per minute, and this is in a fairly populated area, with lot of residual light. Fortunately, the air was transparent, with just a bit of haze above the city that scattered right before the storm apogee.
I drove on top of a hill near the outskirts where I could have a large view over the town, southwards. The full moon setting over the town in the haze was too blinding so it forced me to pick a marginal subject at the beginning, somehow dull - so I started shooting with Ilford XP2 Super. Then, right after the apogee, the thin haze dissipated, the view towards the town opened, so I switched to Provia 100 F for the more colourful cityscape. Green meteors were glimpsing right over the city horizon. I took all the pictures at 28 mm - the largest wideangle I possess :o( - at f/8 and speeds ranging from 15 to 30 seconds. Shutter on B, was counting while staring at the sky (if I ever get that MZ-S, I'll take the intervalometer too). Yes I'm aware I risked some star trails but I wanted to improve my chances of capturing the meteor trails. Not that I was very lucky - it seemed that everything interesting happened elsewhere in the sky but still, of the 80 pictures, I reckon I got at least seven clear meteors traces, of which a couple with multiple trails. Just before the moon touched down behind the town lights I switched to 135 mm and tried a tight framing - was it just my imagination or I did got a scintillation in the frame? Anyway, I can't wait to see the pictures. This time I take my transparencies to the lab. God be merciful with them if they screw it up... Servus, Alin ------------------------------------------------------- Xnet scaneaza automat toate mesajele impotriva virusilor folosind RAV AntiVirus. Xnet automatically scans all messages for viruses using RAV AntiVirus. Nota: RAV AntiVirus poate sa nu detecteze toti virusii noi sau toate variantele lor. Va rugam sa luati in considerare ca exista un risc de fiecare data cand deschideti fisiere atasate si ca MobiFon nu este responsabila pentru nici un prejudiciu cauzat de virusi. Disclaimer: RAV AntiVirus may not be able to detect all new viruses and variants. Please be aware that there is a risk involved whenever opening e-mail attachments to your computer and that MobiFon is not responsible for any damages caused by viruses.
