Anyone staying up for this? It peaks in the early hours of tomorrow apparrently, and it is supposed to be much more intense than usual - it also looks like the south of the UK at least is in for some clear skies. Any tips for catching one of the blighters on cam? Low F number, ISO 200, 30 Sec exposure? I got one a few years ago, but it was super faint:
Maybe give it a go... see what the cloud cover is like up here The red was bugging me so I did a quick tidy up... ...hope you don't mind?
The red was as a result of the "autofix" in window photo editor. I left it like that to make the faint line a little more obvious. The original photo looks like the corrected image you posted.
Posted this for the Facebook crowd; I'll just paste a copy here: Perseid meteor shower this week with the greatest frequency Thursday night. Hit up the Met Office website and switch the map to Cloud Cover to see what it'll be like a day before. It was overcast last year so lay off the rain-dancing. If you're staying up (it's a School night kids,) and want to take pictures you will need a sturdy tripod. Focus to infinity using Live View, ISO 1600 or 3200 and set the shutter speed to: Crop body, 250/focal length (so at 18mm, 13sec) Full frame, 500/focal length (soo, 24mm, 20sec) Aperture, I'd shoot wide open for the stars and a second shot at f/8 for the ground. Blend in Photoshop or GIMP. Pre-set the camera before going out and know how to use the zoom function on Live View before-hand. Also take a small torch but, y'know, close on eye when using it.
I might stay up but light pollution is an issue where I live. My Pentax has an astrotracer function which is great for photographing stars (without trails) but I don't know how that will work with meteors.
I was up untill around 2.30am - saw some absolute corking meteors. Didn't catch a damn thing on camera!
