I tried a lot in 2008 when there was a huge meteor shower and went with my friend Amitabh and my father in law GMP. We camped for few hours on Mt. Hamilton, took lots of pictures but couldn't capture any. We saw a lot but nothing for digital memory. This time Varun & Neha were around and went with whole gang on 12th August 2010 on Mt. Hamilton. Police stopped us to go further way up to Lick Observatory, took U turn and parked at a nice place, after few mins, police again kicked us, but we got smarter this time. we parked right outside a house. Piku slept and it was past mid night. I carried tripods and Nikon D300s with my fancy 14-24 F2.8. Opened it all wide and took some nice pictures and bingo. I got one (broken star) this time and i was done for the year :) Everyone including Anita saw these and we came back by 2 am. though it was not a huge success, it was still better than 2008 when out of 200 pictures none captured a broken star. :)
Camera Settings:
Camera: Nikon D300s
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: Bulb mode with 60 sec recorded from watch.
Aperture: F2.8
Lens: Nikon 14-24 F2.8 FX.
Mount: Tripd and facing sky above.
Used remote cable and noise reduction off.
Note: More than 60 sec was giving lines because sky is moving continuously.
[Click on the snap to see the meteor on the left top]That sure was a good capture ! We would catch a glimpse of the meteor in one direction while the camera would have been aiming at the other ! But finally perseverance paid off...and Sachin got a goooood shot ! ...worth waiting till 2 AM :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat Job Sachin.
ReplyDeleteHey Sachin, great to see the capture. Your patience and determination made it possible. Really good!
ReplyDeleteHi Sachin, Its really excellent shot. Very difficult to capture a shooting star. But why did you spend endless nights under the sky to get this pic.... you could have done this at a click of a mouse ....... just kidding.... brilliant work. Krish is so inspired he want me to show him shooting stars. Planing to take him to observatory next friday to show him stars and planets with telescope.
ReplyDeleteAwesome .
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