For many photographers, they may have a dream of chasing the stars and recording romance. Using a camera to shoot meteor shower is also the wish of many people. Just tomorrow, the opportunity comes!
at 21:00 on November 14th, Gemini meteor shower will usher in a huge magnitude, which is most suitable for viewing from night that day to early morning of the 15th. The moon phase of that day is a convex moon, and the moon rises before midnight;
html There is about 4 hours before January out, without moonlight interference, which is worth observing. The moonlight accompanying has a certain impact on observation throughout the second half of the night, but you can still see a bright meteor shower. The observer can look to the moon and look to the northwest, which can reduce the impact of moonlight.
Gemini meteor shower, quadrant meteor shower and Perseid meteor shower are known as the three major meteor showers in the northern hemisphere. They are one of the most anticipated meteor showers every year. It takes the radiation point near Gemini as the radiation point, and at a very large time, the zenith flow per hour can reach about 150.
What preparations do you need to do if you want to shoot a meteor shower?
1. Prepare
1. Looking for meteor shower
If you want to take a meteor shower, we must first find the meteor shower and determine the location of Gemini. Here we recommend a practical APP "Star Walk 2", which is free to download in the application store.
In this software, we can not only determine the real-time location of each constellation and planet, but also speculate and preview astronomical changes, a must-have software for astronomical enthusiasts and starry sky photography enthusiasts.
2. Finding camera locations
Astronomical shooting requires The clear sky and smaller light pollution . High altitudes also have advantages. Therefore, we need to find a camera location that is as far away from the city and has clear and dry weather as much as possible. It is best to have a higher altitude and can block the moonlight. Of course, the first task is to ensure your own safety.
3. Equipment preparation
Shooting a meteor shower is considered a physical job, because meteor showers do not come at the moment, and shooting takes a certain amount of time. So when shooting, we must have tripods, warm clothing , backup batteries, water, food, etc., according to personal needs.
2. Shoot
1. Check
Before the official shooting, we need to check whether the camera battery is sufficient, whether the memory card has enough space, and whether the camera status is normal.
2. Camera setting
First of all, we need a large aperture wide-angle lens . Generally speaking, lenses below 24mm and above f3.5 are good.
Camera mode recommends using M or B door . B door refers to the photographer manually controlling the shutter time, which is especially suitable for astrophotography. Some cameras can be directly adjusted to door B on the dial, while some cameras need to adjust the shutter speed to door B in M tweak mode. Try to match the shutter cable or remote control when using door B.
However, in fact, the meteor shower is not like "raining", and there are not a few sees per minute, so we use M-level to set the shutter interval ;
Specific parameters We must decide based on the on-site environment. We default to the suburban areas where light pollution is very small, and there is a certain impact on moonlight. We can first set a sensitivity of 3200, the shutter speed is 30 seconds, and the aperture is the largest, and then set it according to the actual situation. Remember to use to manually focus infinity .
The camera may overheat and slow loading during long shooting. After a long time of shooting, try to take a break.
3. The final shooting effect of the meteor shower is not like many of the photos we have seen. The effect of the meteors in the sky is basically obtained through the effect of superimposing the latter stages, and we are very lucky to be able to take two or three of the dozens of photos in one night. And not everyone has the opportunity to shoot in high-latitude areas with vast land and sparsely populated areas, so there is no need to compare them with those photos similar to wallpapers.
And, the effect of our shooting is likely to be like this:
Before shooting the Galaxy
So we still need to do late :
Because it is under high sensitivity conditions For shooting, we need to do noise reduction . The background provides everyone with PS noise reduction plug-in. Follow the official account "Wantian Photography" and reply "Noise reduction" to obtain ;
In addition to noise reduction, we can appropriately increase the white color level and slightly increase the brightness of the stars, appropriately increase the contrast and clarity. We can also use the HSL tool to reduce the saturation of the noise in the picture. Basically, through the above operations, we can get a clear and obvious photo of the shooting stars.
The above methods are also partially suitable for shooting in the Galaxy and light tracks. They are for your reference only. That’s all for today’s content~
