Hello Fellow YSAGS photographers,
For our upcoming meeting I am asking that we bring our Kinsol
Trestle pictures(looking up) to share with the group.
Mike and I talked to Lori Trelour at the museum last week and
she would be interested in us sharing historical Shawnigan Lake pictures and
also current pictures with the museum and the Shawnigan Focus. After further
discussion with Lori, I have tentatively arranged for her to come to our
photography meeting on Aug. 27 to further detail what she has in
mind.
You probably are aware that on Aug. 12 and 13 there should be
a great display of meteor showers. I practiced some night photography a few
nights ago at 3:00am. It was beautiful, warm and the stars were sparkling. See
attached picture.
Making the assumption that we will have clear skies next week,
if you want to try it, here are some guidelines.
1) Use a tripod for your camera
2) If you have a remote control or a delay function, use that
so you don't shake the camera.
3) Use Manual settings if your camera has that as follows: ISO
about 400(this actually will vary a lot, depending how well your camera handles
ISO. As low a fstop(wide open aperture) as your camera setting allows. A time
exposure of about 30 seconds.
Each camera is different and results will vary so play around
with the settings and check the result after each picture. Oh yes the meteor
shower comes from the north east of the sky, so that's where to point the
camera. Meteors are not predicable so you may end up with just stars, stars with
a jet going by or satellites creating a nice long arc.
Attached is a night shot. All I have is stars although I did
see 2 or 3 meteors(the camera of course was not on just then). I also saw a
satellite go by but it wasn't very bright and does not show on the
picture.
We will also have a short discussion about computer external
hard drives and how they can be used as a back up device.
See you all Tuesday.
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| My attempt to get a meteor picture - just stars so far. |
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