Sunday, 26th August 2012
2012 Perseids Meteor Shower
by David Kingham
Last night I went out to Snowy Range in Wyoming in search of dark skies for the Perseid meteor shower. I wanted something special for the foreground and I knew the Snowies faced in the perfect direction to get this shot. I started shooting at 10pm and didn't stop until 5 am, I had to change my battery every 2 hours which made for a long night. The moon rose around 1am to light up the mountain range.
This is a composite of 23 images, 22 for the meteors/stars and 1 taken at sunrise for the foreground which was lightly blended in. I also corrected the orientation of the meteors to account for the rotation of the earth (this took forever!)
I had a great night which was made even better because I spent it with my newly adopted dog Emmie, she was a trooper!
Equipment: Nikon D700, Rokinon 14mm 2.8
2012 Perseids Meteor Shower by David Kingham was photo of the day on Sunday, 26th August 2012. It is tagged Stars. You can leave a comment below.
41 Comments
David Richter
This is exactly HOW Star Wars should have been. Killer frame, David!
Scott Jones
Excellent. Thanks for all your effort and description of same.
Gerry
Great shot! I have always wanted to do something similar, but I havent had the time :-/ I really like it, and thank you very much for the information on how the shot was taken.
mark
Superb effort! Killer result!
Paul
Absolutely stunning! Thank you for your effort and description. This is such an inspiring shot, as I have found it tricky to capture the stars. I’ll have to bring my dog for company next time. Thanks again!
Charlie Riddell
Just brilliant. Great location & story too.
Stew
David, what a truly spectacular photo, and thanks for the info as to how you created it. What really won me though, was knowing you’d had a magical experience and shared it with a special soul, your new dog…now that’s a genuinely spiritual experience. Good on ya Emmie.
Andy
Superb!
Wanda Krack
Lots of work went into this image, and you did a GREAT job with it. Good choice of sites as well. Awesome shot!
Matthew Harvey
Supreme effort for an outstanding result.
Mitchell Krog
Truly superb, well done.
Sid Smallman
A hell of an image, well worth all the hard work, congratulations.
Tim
Great shot and post production. Rotating the images to correct for the earths rotation was a great idea.
João Almeida
Great composition, even the shooting starts are in the right position
skygazer
You DID it! Thank you! We had disappointing cloudy skies here and I missed all the adventure. Thank you!!! Beautiful image!
Larry
Awesome image!
Sean Bagshaw
Bravo, sir!
Anne
What can you say besides, “WOW!” I too loved reading the description of your night-long adventure, it obviously was well worth your trouble. Thank you so much for sharing with all of us who weren’t able to see the meteor shower.
Marie
This photo represents everything good about photography. It’s all here in your 1 frame ! Timing, place, talent, desire and information. It is all for us to , pardon the expression, drool over. This is above and beyond excellence. Thank you for ‘lighting up’ our world. CONGRATULATIONS David. ( Downside though; your next mission must top this for us. Gulp ! ).
Melissa Schmidt
My husband and I watched these and we were really amazed. Good capture on these!
Ellen Empson
A beautiful, stunning image…kudos to you and your skills shooting and post shooting!!!!
Glad you had your new buddy with you!
Brian Boothby
Was totally wowed till reading about meteorites’ direction correction. Would be interested to see their original trajectories.
Seth Shaffer
That is a very nice shot, The moon did a good job lighting uo the foreground and hills for you.
DIANE CHARMLEY
You are amazing, to have the talent and patience to make this happen and to share it with us.
And that you took your Star Dog…very cool. I missed them this year but thanks to you I’ve had a magical experiencing of them.
dorotea
Superba immagine! Complimenti!
Venus 35
Complimenti per questa meravigliosa astrofotografia, con la pioggia di meteore.
Ramona
Complimenti David!Un immagine eccezionale!
Terri Hanshew
Wow, what an impressive image! Your hard work paid off.
Khondker Nasif Akhter
This is really one of the best shot I have ever seen!! Hats off! Truly amazing!
neaz ahmed
this is insane !
David
sensacional!!!!
Doug Jansen
Great photo, thanks for sharing.
Roman Johnston
Wonderful capture(s) and well thought out. Amazing end result.
Anurag
Most amazing!
Perfect reward for your deligent hard work.
Rajib Singha
Fantastic work!
Shirley Hill
Thank you David for sharing this wondrous experience.
We don’t have this awesome light show here in Australia, but have shared with you and your
Star Dog this memorable event come to life more so with your heartfelt story.
I admire your patience over the long moving night.
The reward far out weights the minor discomforts. You have made memories for yourself and many others for a lifetime. Thank You.
Joyce
Wow!! Unbelievable magic!! Thanks for your persistence and thanks for sharing
Art X
wow. I can’t say I’ve ever seen such an image before
Chi Wang
Fantastic, stunning shot!
Deborah Flowers
whooooaaaa… That is may be the most amazing photo. Super high WOW factor. Talent meets diligence equals perfection. This is absolutely DIVINE!
Thanks for sharing, now I’m gonna share it with my friends.
Congratulations on a well deserved win.
Deborah Flowers
ps… thanks for adopting Emmie. You saved a life!
My motto is: “Don’t buy while dogs die.”