Enjoying the Northern sky watching for shooting stars Sunday
night: ISO 200- 24mm- f 3.5 -5 minute exposure
The city lights and haze from town sometimes get in the way
of a dark summer sky so I drove out of Grants Pass toward the Applegate valley. I
ended up in Provolt near some open field; I set up my chair, faced northeast
and spent the night watching the shooting stars as constellations came up over the horizon.
I saw dozens of meteors during the early morning hours that I
was out sky watching. From 1:00 am to 4:30 am was out in Provolt watching the
meteor shower by myself, it was great to just sit and watch the stars rise over
the eastern horizon. I stayed awake with
a quad shot coffee from Dutch bros and some old Neil Young albums I through
onto my iPod.
I made this photo
over the course of a half hour. I set up
my tripod and my shutter trigger. I placed the chair and did my best to keep
what I needed in focus. The Sky will
naturally have its own light, but I needed a source of light to illuminate myself. I used the flashlight on the back of my phone
and aimed it away from the camera. I
reflected the light off of my bright yellow Rogueriverphotos.com sign.
After I pressed the shutter, I rushed over to the chair and
sat as still as I could. I left the
shutter open for a little over 5 minutes. This was long enough to expose the sky and show
streaks from the. The small light
reflecting back at me was just enough to expose the chair and I in the frame.