I drug myself out of the rack at 3:15 and headed to an open area in northern
Maryland. There was a barn that provided cover from the full moon, which was
brilliant. We saw a lot of meteors, one of which was a shadowcaster.
Unfortunately, I didn't get any on film. I shot Sensia 400 w/ 50/1.4 @f2. I
know there were several in one frame, but they weren't brilliant enough to
overcome the reflectance from the moon in the exposure. The night was mostly
clear with a few jet contrails and occassional high thin clouds. I'm glad I
got to see them, even if they didn't grace my film. I think last year's
display was better.
I did shoot on the location other than the leonids....
I took this one at 4:30 am EST. I didn't have the horizon correct, so I
rotated 2 degrees without cropping. I like the shot because it looks like
daylight until you look closely. Stars are showing, and the dome light in
the distant car is overpowering.
http://www.tragonline.net/images/moonlitbarn20021119.jpg
This is Venus rising just before dawn.
http://www.tragonline.net/images/dawn120021119.jpg
Both shots OM-2 50/1.4 @ 5.6. Auto shutter. The barn was about 30 seconds,
the dawn was about 2 seconds.
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean C. Hansen" <hanse112@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 10:06 AM
Subject: [OM] Leonids, anyone?
> Hello OMer's,
> We expectantly waited for the clouds to leave, but when the sky did
> clear up just after 5AM CST yesterday morning, we saw nothing that could
> be called a "meteor storm" here in eastern MN. Did anyone have any
> better luck elsewhere and get some nice shots of Leonids this time
> around?
>
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