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Grahame
22-10-2012, 09:08 PM
Took an all night long timelapse hoping to get some orionid fireballs and im not so sure this is one of them - this is a 4meg animated GIF so you will have to follow the link to enjoy it :)

Animated Meteor train from Pinnacles (http://www.astro-photo.net/GIF/meteor-train-from-pinnicales_web.gif)

Taken with canon 5d mk III, nikon 14-24mm lens @f2.8 and ISO 6400, 30 second integrations.

Cheers,
Grahame.
Larryp
22-10-2012, 09:22 PM
Spectacular photo, Grahame!
colinmlegg
22-10-2012, 09:25 PM
Nice catch Graham. It does look like a sporadic based on direction. Did you see it naked eye? And how many Orionids did you bag?
Grahame
22-10-2012, 09:54 PM
Thanks Colin and Laurie,

missed it with my eye - was cooking dinner at the time! the flash got my attention from the cooker and by that time it was too late :(

there were quite a few nice meteors that night, all faint ones but that was the only fireball I captured on camera, murphys law i guess. I'll just have to try again next time :)
MrB
22-10-2012, 10:44 PM
Nice one Grahame!
Good thing you decided to travel... nothing but cloud down here.
I had planned to capture some Orionids too, but, meh.
Grahame
22-10-2012, 11:16 PM
next time i'll let you know - your more than welcome to join me!

there was lost of low cloud and fog on the way back just after dawn - I dont doubt that perth was no good for the latter part of the night from what I was seeing on way back in.
ourkind
23-10-2012, 01:40 AM
Great capture and nicely framed too! Cool gif :thumbsup:
MrB
23-10-2012, 01:47 AM
Cheers! I would probably die of shock, I haven't seen a dark sky since my trip to Nannup in June.
One of these days I'm going to have to be less introverted, be more social, bite the bullet and join ASWA so I can head to Tammin or Dyandra.
iceman
23-10-2012, 04:30 AM
Very cool! Well done Grahame.
gregbradley
23-10-2012, 04:59 AM
Nice shot Grahame.

Good to see a 5D3 ISO 6400 F2.8 shot. I was wondering how it look compared to my D800E. It seems they look the same.

Greg.
Lester
23-10-2012, 08:06 AM
Very nice, thanks for the view Grahame.
lacad01
23-10-2012, 08:13 AM
Beauty of a shot, well done :thumbsup:
Ross G
23-10-2012, 10:32 PM
Great capture Grahame.

Ross.