How to Photograph a Meteor Shower - Astrophotography Tutorial

[@NielsWLlama-Is-going-to-Llama]

Easily the best video I've ever watched. Life Changing.

[@adamgordonphoto]

Why thank you!

[@judeschmidt431]

What good cinematography

[@adamgordonphoto]

I know right, and without even zooming

[@lengthao7652]

Well I’m glad I stumbled onto your video 🙂 I saw the eta aquarid meteor shower twice at my own backyard today and I would’ve loved to have recorded them instead of struggle to take pics on my phone lol So now I’m trying to look for a camera and not a telescope lol Thanks for all of the info 🥰

[@adamgordonphoto]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful!

[@libertyann439]

Thanks for the info! We are going to see the show this year!

[@adamgordonphoto]

That's awesome!

[@georgehorder6333]

Awesome vid 🙌

[@adamgordonphoto]

Thank you so much!!

[@yb6.]

This type of stuff ain’t for the faint hearted 💪

[@PasanArunajith]

Good tutorial mate. You deserve more views

[@adamgordonphoto]

Thank you so much! Means a lot!!

[@karolitadotcom]

Excellent video. Question, how do you not get star trails with 30 sec exposures on a fixed (non EQ) mount? I can’t wait to try this year!

[@adamgordonphoto]

Thank you! It all depends on what lens you're using. At 14-16mm range, you can get away with shooting 30 second exposures. Any thing past that (18mm and up) you will start to see trailing. Hope this helps!

[@karolitadotcom]

@@adamgordonphoto super helpful again. I can't wait to give this a try. Thank you!!!

[@adamgordonphoto]

@@karolitadotcom Thank you so much! Excited to see what you capture!!

[@mdees88]

@@karolitadotcom The rule of 400 will get you in the ballpark. Take 400 and divide it by your focal length and this will give you your exposure length in seconds. He is using a 14mm lens on a full frame camera so 400/14=28 seconds. I get star trails at 30 seconds so I use 15-20 seconds. If you have a Canon crop sensor (aps-c) camera a 14mm lens is actually 22mm (14mm X 1.6 crop factor) . So 400'/22= 18 seconds. I would use 10-15 seconds in this case.

[@prateeksharma9634]

Nice video!!👍🏼👍🏼.Which Dslr did u use?

[@adamgordonphoto]

Thank you! I use the Nikon D750!

[@blakespower]

can you do like a long exposure of say 5 minutes will a meteor trail show up? or is it to fast?

[@adamgordonphoto]

Yep, a meteor could definilty show up in the image. The only factor is how you would shoot that 5 minute long exposure. If you were to set your camera to BULB mode and take one '5 minute' exposure, you would get star trails, so the meteor(s) might be a little hard to see against the trailing of stars. If you were to take a timelapse (1-2 second interval) for a duration of 5 minutes, you would have a higher chance of having more meteors (especially fainter ones) stand out because it would be against a still sky and not star trails. Let me know how it goes and if you have any more questions!

[@gageadavis]

hey, do you just set the camra to take a photo straight away after every image? or have a break in between photos?

[@adamgordonphoto]

I usually set a 1 sec break or interval in between photos. I recommend choosing between 1-3 seconds for meteors just so you maximize the time when the camera is taking pictures.

[@jobai3229]

Hello Adam, nice video. I do not have an intervalometer. I have a Canon 80D set to 'continuous/burst' shooting. If I stand out in the cold and continue to press the shutter button, what do you think my chances are of catching a meteor? 😏

[@adamgordonphoto]

Thank you! And pretty good, especially if it's during a meteor shower, you are out on the peak night, and pointed toward the radiant of the shower. Different meteor showers will give different results but that will definitely increase your chances! Also, you can check if your camera has a built in timelapse mode which basically does the same thing as an intervalometer!

[@m.witter5115]

looking for your video on how you blended or mirged these images? I have a problem with the Sequator Star stacker in that when stackign the images it uses the base photograph and drops all the meteorss in all the other shots????How do you do it?

[@adamgordonphoto]

You can watch my video on blending meteors here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnbSdXumeZyqgqc Hope it helps!

[@jimmaras1146]

i have a problem after taking a photo with intervalometer the camera shows that busy think and i dont know what to do any idea?

[@adamgordonphoto]

Are you saying that after the photo is taken, the camera says it's busy? Like processing the photo? If so, try putting it on timelapse mode, and set the number of images to infinity. That way it will know to take a photo after photo until you want to stop it.

[@jimmaras1146]

@@adamgordonphoto yeah its processing the photo. my camera doesnt have timelapse mode . i setting my intvl to a number ex 11 sec exposure intvl 26 to take another photo after the busy

[@hashmiwarrior]

Can i shoot lyrid meteor shower with canon 200d and 50mm lense

[@adamgordonphoto]

You can, it'll just be harder to catch a lot of meteors because 50mm is a pretty zoomed in length for night sky shooting. To increase your chances of capturing a lot of meteors, I would recommend shooting with a wide-angle lens! A great cheap lens for night photography is the Rokinon 14mm F/2.8.

[@bhathiyajayasundara1616]

Could you please tell me what's the app you are finding the meteors.?

[@adamgordonphoto]

Yes! The app is called Photopills!

[@bhathiyajayasundara1616]

@@adamgordonphoto thank you for your kind response.🌜

[@smcferran1]

how can you set invertolometer to take pics every 2 seconds or so, when you have an exposure time of 30 secs?? surely you would set invertolometer to take pics every 35sec so u get the full shot,

[@adamgordonphoto]

The interval will only start after the exposure has been taken. That's why you can set the interval for 1-2 seconds because once the exposure is finished (whether it's 1/400sec or 30sec), it will start the interval. If you come up with problems using this method then try and set the interval to 32 sec. and see if it works. Hope it helps!

[@smcferran1]

@@adamgordonphoto ah, gotcha,, i thought it would have cancelled the shot, but it makes sense now, thank you

[@bobanpetrovic2634]

Is there any other app thats free to locate perseids? Idk where to look

[@adamgordonphoto]

A free app for both Apple and Android is "Star Walk 2 Free." The perseids will mainly be coming from the constellation Perseus which is located North East, (slightly to the right of Polaris).

[@ArtisticallySavvyPhotography]

Photo pills

[@woldsweather]

I don't know how you can see a star with a wide angle lens I dont get any even with 12800 ISO and 30s exp and 10x live view screen. I just turn the fus to infinity then back a smidgen.#

[@adamgordonphoto]

What kind of camera do you have? Some camera models have brighter live view screens than others. Also if you can't find a light, try and focus on the moon, or a bright city light in the distance. If that doesn't work, try and get a friend to go out 100ft or so and shine a flashlight at you to focus on. Also if your method seems to work then by all means stick with it!

[@woldsweather]

@@adamgordonphoto Hopefully no moon when I intend to photograph and certainly no city for many mile, sadly no one to help bu maybe ill set up a torch down the bottom of the garden.

[@adamgordonphoto]

@@woldsweather Gotcha! Hope it works out!

[@tumer4ul615]

Camera?

[@adamgordonphoto]

Nikon D750