Also:
If anyone is still looking for inspiration for this theme, the Lyrid meteor shower is just under a week beforehand. Historically, it’s not incredibly stellar (pun inetended), but it is fairly consistent, and coincides with a new moon this year. It averages about 20 meteors an hour ranging from specs of dust (what you usually see) and occasional pea-sized fragments (“Huge” fireballs). Break down the math, and with 30 second exposures on wide angle, you’ll catch a streak every 12th shot give or take. I know there are some farktographers who don’t mind freezing their ass off all night taking photos of the sky. I’ve got other plans for this contest, but I might take some shots for fun anyway.
/Hint: Figure out optimum ISO and aperture settings to go with your 30/45/whatever second exposure, frame your shot, set camera to continuous fire, tape down button, go back inside where it’s warm.
Question: If you rapid fire while set at a 30 second exposure and then stack your images, won’t your fire trail get averaged out amongst all the other pictures? Or am I not understanding what you said?
