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The milky way and radiant glow over the horizon
Double Arch in Arches National Park during the Perseid Meteor Shower. The arches were lit with a flashlight in a separate exposure after i saw the meteor streak across the sky.
Meteors Over Denver Perseid Meteor Shower over Denver Colorado taken from the Summit of the 14,000+ foot Mt. Evans
Meteors Perseid Meteor Shower from Taylor Pass Colorado
Perseid Meteor Huge Perseid meteor fireball streaking over lightpainted Double arch in Arches National Park
Perseid Meteors stacked exposure of the Perseid Meteors over Denver at moonrise from the summit of the 14.200' Mt Evans.
As it turns out, neither Willie nor I had spent much time in Yosemite high country and knowing that August would be ideal for milky way, meteor showers, and stormy sunsets, we decided to head to Yosemite for a long weekend. Saturday night/Sunday morning was supposed to be the time when the Perseid Meteor Shower would be most fireballing through the sky. Willie and I decided to head to Mono Lake to witness the meteor shower with the beautiful Tufa formations as a foreground. We had just spent the evening hiking 9 miles to Cathedral Lakes and back and were extremely exhausted when we arrived at the South Tufa's of Mono Lake. We found a nice spot on the beach where we could put some Tufa's in our frame, pointed the camera towards the north-east and exposed shot after shot hoping we would capture some meteors! It was quite the thrill to watch hundreds of meteors flash before our eyes. Of course my camera only caught 14 of them. I've placed all 14 images onto this one image to show you what we witnessed! After about 45 minutes we were too sleepy to stay any longer and we packed it up, and went to bed. I rented the Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 lens for this weekend and boy did it perform well. I found that I had to set the camera to ISO 3200+ at f/1.4 to f/1.8 for 15 seconds to get the meteors to show up. Anything less sensitive and the camera wouldn't capture the meteor. After each exposure I would check for a meteor and if I didn't find one, would immediately delete the image; made things quite a bit easier when I got home and went to blend them all together! Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED 24mm, f1.4, 15 sec, ISO 3200 14 images blended together in Photoshop CS6
Perseid meteor shower lights up the night sky
T.Msquared Milky Way and Meteor over Tufa Formations Mono Lake, California One thing I wanted to photograph this summer was the Milky Way. Willie and I planned an August trip to Yosemite to shoot the high country and it also turned out that we would be there for the height of the Perseid Meteor Shower. Perfect timing on our part! We photographed sunset at Mono Lake and the Milky Way over Tioga Lake on our first evening.The clock read "am" by the time we got to sleep. As soon as I woke up in the morning I knew something was wrong. I had no energy, I was having hot and cold flashes, my cough had gotten worse and my nose started to run like a faucet. I figured a good hearty breakfast of eggs and bacon would help. Nope. As the day progressed I realized I had come down with the flu. After several naps, some DayQuill and a hamburger I started to feel better. Willie and I hiked 9 miles to Upper Cathedral Lakes for sunset. Not so easy when you have the flu. We finally made it over to Mono Lake to photograph the Perseid Meteor Shower and in 45 minutes I managed to captured 14 meteors streak through my composition. Satisfied that we had the photos we wanted we began to walk around Mono Lake trying to find some Tufa's, salt formations created by the lake. The Milky Way positioned itself above these Tufas and we setup and started photographing. Right in the middle of one of my shots I giant fireball streaked through the sky! Tufi's, Milky Way, and Meteors -- what more could I ask for (and thus "T.Msquared": Tufa, Milky Way and Meteors)! Willie painted the Tufa's with 2 flashlights while our cameras exposed for the Milky Way. Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED: 24mm, f/1.4, 15 sec, ISO 200
The milky way and radiant glow over the horizon
The milky way and radiant glow over the horizon
The milky way and radiant glow over the horizon
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