aimcompute wrote: > It was rainy here until about 5:00 PM. Clouds moved out and it was clear > from about 11:00 PM - 12:30 AM. I may have gotten a number of shots during > that time, including one with several horizon grazers moving east to north. > This was before Leo was in the sky.
Its 5:45 here in Australia and I have just returned from what was a dissapointing shoot. The forcast was for Thunder storms but at 3:00am it was clear and stars galore. I walked to the beach (about 50 yards) where there is a viewing platform and away from street lights etc. As I walked down the road, whooosh overhead, a leonid trail streaks across the sky, a second later another, and another. I arive at the beach and set up my K1000 with cable release, 28mm lens with manfrotto tripod and point it at the Southern Cross constellation and start exposing a few frames of the Kodak 400 film. After about 10 frames I decided this is not where the action is a swing the camera to the North East and expose a few frames in that direction as the Southern sky I had just been focused on a minute before bursts into an incandecant display. Not to be put off I maintain position and watch as the clouds roll in with lightening bursting with it. A few shots are ruined by lightening strikes but I prevail and by 3:45 am the sky is completly overcast and a few drops of rain falling. I stay awhile and watch as the first rays of light signal the end of any attempt to continue, so I take a parting shot of the sunrise which is rather lack-lustre and return home. Did I catch any leonids on film in that short time. Well, I had exposures from 10 to 120 seconds, so we will what comes back from the lab. Kevin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
