Re: Leonids Disappointment

2002-11-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
"Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > Well, I got up at 5:00 AM EST this morning, took my cameras outside, and > looked for the Leonids. It was partly cloudy over my suburban New Jersey > (USA) location > (snip) > What a disappointment! > > Dan Well, if that is all you saw in NJ- I'm glad I didn't

RE: Leonids

2001-11-18 Thread Brendan
I don't know how my shots will turn out, I was fighting fog and dew on my lens all night, not to mention car head lights. I found a spot in a farmers field but lots of others clued in to. At least I'll have pics of the sunrise and the famers barn :). I'll know the damage tomorrow when I get the fi

Re: Leonids

2001-11-18 Thread Kevin Waterson
aimcompute wrote: > Kevin, I'll bet you got some... maybe some of lightning too? > > If it is clear here tonight, as predicted, I'm going out again. It's still > close to the shower's peak and there still could be things to see. I would like to try again also, what time are we looking at toni

RE: Leonids

2001-11-18 Thread Skofteland, Christian
This morning sucked here in Montgomery County Maryland... Got up at 3:30am and got the MX and LX ready. Walked around the lake I live on to a previously scouted location with a clear view of The SE and Leo. Crisp sparkling morning. Stars were blazing. Saw a dozen or so meteors as I set up arou

Re: Leonids

2001-11-18 Thread Martin Mielke
Hi all Thunder Bay was fogged in this morning, but I took a chance and drove out into the country. Twenty minutes later, I turning off onto a side road. I really lucked out, as the stars were blocked out over much of the sky, but I had clear view to the south-east. I used my K1000 and 28mm lens.

Re: Leonids

2001-11-18 Thread aimcompute
n" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Leonids > > 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 s

Re: Leonids

2001-11-18 Thread Kevin Waterson
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