Perseids

Photo by Andrew Ebrahim. Nikon D3s 24mm f/2.8 ISO 2000 @ 25sec

Two nights ago was the peak of the Perseids Meteor Shower, while you can still see meteors throughout the rest of the month, Thursday/Friday was the peak of the show! I spent the better part of the night, 1am to 4am Friday, at the Region of Peels' Community Recycling Centre located at 1795 Quarry Dr. in the Town of Caledon (my first choice was going to be the Badlands, but there were way too many people there), shooting the meteor shower.

Below are some of my shots from last night, along with a time lapse video of the night.

Photo by Andrew Ebrahim. Nikon D3s 24mm f/2.8 ISO 2500 @ 25sec

The time lapse was shot using a Nikon D300 paired with the 10.5mm fisheye shooting at f/2.8 for 13 seconds at ISO 1250. I highly recommend you watch this in HD and Full Screen.

I wrapped up the night by shooting a star trail. This location is almost perfect for some night sky photography, its fairly isolated from city lights, easily accessible and no traffic to worry about. The only draw back are some of the lights from Town of Caledons' vehicle yard, though I did use them to light up some of the trees in other shots.

Photo by Andrew Ebrahim. Nikon D3s 24mm f/5.6 ISO 200 @ 42min.

I would love to see what you all got the other night, so post your photos down in the Comments and share them with everyone else.

Comments

[Frank]

very nice photos! good stuff!