In August as every year, the Perseids came visiting. As a reminder to myself, here what I did for the photo above. Used equipment:
- Camera: Nikon D3200
- Lens: Tokina 11-20mm
- Miops Trigger
- Tripod
First, I adjust the focus by focusing on the horizon (while it is still visible). Then I did 40 shots with increasing ISO (100, 200, 400, 800) to figure out what works best, starting with 10 seconds exposure to 35 seconds. Then I did 100 shots with:
- ISO 400
- Aperture 2.8
- 13s exposure time (set camera to “bulb”, let the trigger do the timing)
- 15s interval time (the time the camera needs to process and store)
- manual focus
- JPG (raw did not give me better pictures)
With 100 pics I got one good shot of a meteorite. A lot of pictures posted online do not show meteorites but Iridium flares – a meteorite is brightest at the end, an Iridium flare is brightest in the middle.
Perseids