Milky Way over Lake Mary, Flagstaff - AZ - Perseids Meteor Shower
f/2.8
ISO1600
27 second exposure
Canon Rebel XTi
Sigma 15mm Fisheye
*NOT A COMPOSITE IMAGE - ONLY ONE EXPOSURE*
Taken the night before the Perseids Meteor Shower peaks. What is amazing is that the glow below is from Phoenix. Phoenix is over 150 miles away and the light pollution reaches all the way to Flag.
Update:
I have received a lot of comments asking what was my process for this
shot. First things first - Tripod and cable release. I set up the
camera on my tripod and aimed it south (the glow is the city of
phoenix as stated above). From there, I adjusted my settings to make
sure as much light as possible could hit the sensor (high iso and ap
2.8). Then the never ending focus cycle begun. The infinity mark on
cameras does not give you sharp stars as this mark changes due to the
conditions you are shooting in. So, set it to Infinity, take a shot,
review it, and change the focus ever so slightly and repeat until the
stars are crisp. And there you have it! Post processing was very
very simple on this shot. The main thing was editing the exposure
curve in photoshop to bring out the Milky Way a little more (Flagstaff
is a Dark Sky City, which means our light pollution is almost none -
check out flagstaffdarkskies.org/idsc.htm for more). Other than that, photoshop editing was only tiny
adjustments to please my OCD.
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Comments and faves
Dkillock, James.McDowell, LaLa83, Andrewsteeleuk, and 1443 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Dkillock (34 months ago | reply)
Wow!
thewaytoblue (34 months ago | reply)
Wow. That's amazing.
augcott (34 months ago | reply)
Beautiful......simply beautiful!!!!!!
Bryan Salzman (34 months ago | reply)
Sweet... what camera and lens?
chikkutom (34 months ago | reply)
Very cool shot. Crazy that there is that much light from phoenix.
Ryan Hartson-Weddle (34 months ago | reply)
This is a great shot! I'm scared to go ISO 1600 on my XTi, but this turned out well.
stasphoto [deleted] (34 months ago | reply)
awesome shot
Adelie25 [deleted] (34 months ago | reply)
Breathtaking shot - wow!
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Andrewsteeleuk (34 months ago | reply)
wow
reza.akhavan [deleted] (34 months ago | reply)
Sweet!!! This is fantastic. I love the yellow on the horizon. The plane you caught is great too!
JFid1 (34 months ago | reply)
What a ridiculous picture! Very cool!
Eye of the Storm Photography (34 months ago | reply)
Sweet image!!!
Buck--Fever (34 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is fantastic. Excellent.
Fireground (34 months ago | reply)
Stunning!
Craig Neeley (34 months ago | reply)
Spectacular capture and what a light show! Phoenix is ablaze!
Stefsan (on and off) (34 months ago | reply)
Wow, this looks brilliant!
Mike Forsman (34 months ago | reply)
Spectacular shot!! I'm not sure which is more amazing - the image itself, or the fact that it was taken a month in the future!
;-)
Primo Photography (34 months ago | reply)
Beautiful photo, congratulations on such a brilliant exposure!
jsrcyclist (34 months ago | reply)
Just amazing!!
"Dawn" of Photography by Mel (34 months ago | reply)
Stunning shot!
Into Space! (34 months ago | reply)
nice one
~MIne~ (34 months ago | reply)
This is amazing.
GuessWaT (34 months ago | reply)
excellent!!
hamsterwheelpictures (34 months ago | reply)
That is absolutely BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING!!!
jpfillion1 (34 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous photo; however, if you look at the largest size you can see evenly spaced dots along the trail meaning this is likely a plane blinking and not a meteor. Jealous of the photo still, very good detail in the shot :)
jasdav7 (34 months ago | reply)
whoa. is all!
mattlindén (34 months ago | reply)
WOW! I just look at this picture and get lost, get lost in a fantastic world in my mind, somewhere int he universe. So amazing.
Cry (34 months ago | reply)
WOW Stunning
Rio4U (34 months ago | reply)
Beautiful Shot! thank you for sharing...
Abizeleth (34 months ago | reply)
Remarkable shot - thanks so much for sharing it. It's been cloudy and humid here, with terrible viewing conditions, so I have to live vicariously through other people's photos!
~ superboo ~ [busy busy] (34 months ago | reply)
wow
Red_Dog002 (34 months ago | reply)
Outstanding!
aloha photo1 (34 months ago | reply)
wonderful job!! Beautiful
[]NEEL[] (34 months ago | reply)
Great work!
Timo3K (muteprophet) (34 months ago | reply)
Absolutely astounding. Thank you.
Lucas de Soto (34 months ago | reply)
this photo is just way too awesome... one of the few photos that can claim to begin capturing the scale of the cosmos from our tiny little earth... great job! great shot!
evaenglish (34 months ago | reply)
AMAZING photograph! Thank you for posting
Victoria's Daguerrotype (34 months ago | reply)
Amazing. You are a lucky man to have witnessed this stunning occurrence.
Bubba Ho-tep! (34 months ago | reply)
Very impressed.
John B G ( Recovering from illness ) (34 months ago | reply)
A superb capture :-)
Moneycue (34 months ago | reply)
Amazing! Well done!
Joan M (34 months ago | reply)
Amazingly beautiful!
peteherb (34 months ago | reply)
astonishing! :)
ruerdl (34 months ago | reply)
Holy shit, what an amazing shot!
.RayPG. (34 months ago | reply)
woow this is a fantastic photo, just one question, did you reduce the noise using iso 1600?
++NiklasPhotography++ (34 months ago | reply)
Amazing, simply amazing!
Barrie Caveman (34 months ago | reply)
Awesome capture.
RH Miller (34 months ago | reply)
Awesome work!
Mark (marbo) (34 months ago | reply)
It`s an airplane not a meteor (flashing lights in the trail), but wow what a dark sky you must have.
Treforlutions TreVizionz (34 months ago | reply)
Definately out of this world on both counts.Can only imagine what it would be like without the light pollution from major cities.A billion star rating.
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