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Meteor in Star Trails (Constellation Scorpius)
Meteor in Star Trails (Constellation Scorpius)
ElGordo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Darkness (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 8800
Location: Edgewood, NM
Date: Jun 14, 2005
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 5 minutes bulb
Galleries: Sky, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2005

 Camera caught a chance meteor while making star trails of Scorpio. The bright yellow star trail is Antares and the bright dots are 'hot pixels' in the camera's sensor.
Levels adjusted, brightness and contrast adjusted. Image cropped and resized.

Statistics
Place: 310 out of 373
Avg (all users): 4.2857
Avg (commenters): 6.1429
Avg (participants): 4.1176
Avg (non-participants): 4.4186
Views since voting: 747
Views during voting: 421
Votes: 308
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/22/2005 10:18:54 AM
Thanks to all those that recognized the difficulty of this type photography and fie on those that are too ignorant to know the difference!
Wasn't a great photo, but it was a decent one, scored appropriately.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/21/2005 04:31:03 AM
It is incredibly hard to capture a meteor in a star trail image and particularly difficult to do so during the challenge week when there is not a major meteor shower in place.

You are to be commended for your capture but the colors of the stars seem unnatural and overprocessed. That will hurt scoring for this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/19/2005 03:44:01 PM
sorry could be anything! shouldn't rely on title
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/17/2005 05:25:39 PM
I find the colors interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/16/2005 02:52:06 PM
Fascinating way to meet the challenge. Creative. As a compositional statement, however, it's a little bland. Stil, high points for capturing it. I couldn't.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/16/2005 03:53:53 AM
Cool!
What are the dots with no trails?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/15/2005 05:55:43 AM
i agree you need darkness for this one, but it does not show me darkness.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/15/2005 03:24:27 AM
Hope you'll give more information to us astronomical dummies later. Such as the duration of the exposure? And what are the several apparently stationary light sources? Anyway, it's an interesting shot of a very big subject. 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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