Shooting stars-swarm of the Persian photograph iden - August-tip
In August you can watch the shooting stars-swarm of the Perseids on the sky and in this year of great images. Because the spectacle in the night sky is 2018 should be almost free of clouds...
- Most of the shooting stars there are between the 9. and 13. August 2018. There are to be seen per hour up to 100 pieces in the sky - photo opportunities so there is enough.
- The climax and thus the most shooting stars there are in the early Morning of the 13th. August. But also on the other days you can place between 23.00 hours and 5.00 PM on the Lauer.
- Direction of view: you need to extend five times the rear axle of the Big dipper to the North star. However, significantly higher than the North star away up to Cassiopeia. From there, you are looking at a right angle to the right until you see many shooting stars.
Shooting stars photography (image: Pixabay)
2. Right equipment for the shooting stars chase
In the choice of equipment, you should consider some points so that you can take pictures of shooting stars.
- Camera: you do not need to use a mirror reflex camera, however, it's highly recommended to use a. The important thing is that you can set in the camera, the exposure time manually. The camera should also have as little image noise, even at high ISO.
- Lens: Since you can't plan where to see a shooting Star, you should use a lens with a short focal length. So that you can scan the entire sky and miss the shooting Star in no case. Also, you should use a fast lens.
- Tripod: A tripod, you don't necessarily need, so that in the case of the long exposure time blurring the image.
3. Camera settings for perfect shooting star moments
A good camera is only half the battle. You also need to be able to and the correct settings to bypass. You should always test to make sure so that you are at the right Moment ready to use. Use the values on the manual mode with the following guideline:
- Focus: Set the focus on the lens or in the camera settings, be sure to manually to infinity, because the camera tries to let in the rest of the night, again and again, to focus on self.
- Aperture: Set the aperture as small as possible. Depending on the lens, the smallest f-number varies.
- Exposure time: the exposure time you need to play and try at least 30 seconds it should be.
- ISO: The ISO value, you should also be as small as possible. The shooting stars in the meteor stream are usually brighter than the other stars.
Shooting stars photography
4. With accessories for more convenient shooting
If you want to photograph shooting stars, you can't schedule when and where you can get a shooting Star to see. Therefore, you need to press in a row of "blind" on the shutter button in the hope that they catch one.
- With a remote shutter to make the Photograph significantly. So you can make yourself comfortable and one after the other on the shutter button.
- The best tips you will find in our article on Shooting with a remote shutter.
5. Shooting stars-photos check directly on the Laptop
With a Laptop, you can connect the camera, you can view your images directly in the terminal. So you can see if you have taken a shooting Star.
- The advantages of the Use of a laptop is the larger screen and you can simultaneously shoot with the SLR camera.
- To do this, all you need is a USB cable and the appropriate Software from the camera manufacturer, for example Canon, Nikon or Sony.
- You can also a Tablet or Smartphone as an external camera Monitor use.
If you are shooting stars photography want to, you can also get a little earlier start and a nice sunset to photograph.
