Perseid

That's a super image L/B!

Roger.

Smeggy
I could not agree more. There must be many more interesting things to photograph in the dark of night and just as rare, like a mother and baby toad last night whilst hunting vine weevil, but no camera to hand.

Ah!
But now we get into the realm of what is worth photographing. Surely anything can be worth photographing and our job is to make a decent go at it?

Thanks Roger - there was more than an element of luck to it

I fail to see how any aspect of the world around us is unworthy of any efforts on our part to photograph!

If animals, birds, leaves, sunsets, the human figure, street-life, anything indeed on this site, are legitimate subjects, how can meteors be excepted / dismissed as being unworthy?

Roger.

Each to their own. It would be very boring if we all photographed the same things! My photos of (non-existent) Perseids from last night are just starry skies, but I still like them...not worth posting mind!

I personally think the Perseid/plane encounter is a good shot...looking at where the plane trail ends you only just caught it...and that's perhaps the point!!

Now THAT'S not a boring shot!

What way was the 'plane going L/B, "up" or "down" in your piccy?

Roger.

Don't worry about it, Roger, at least your thread triggered lots of replies. My images usually get very few - positive or negative!

And if anyone ever does see "a huge dinosaur killing Asteroid hurtling towards Earth" and your camera and lens are not WR, it would be advisable to go back indoors straight away or your whole kit is going to get covered in dust.

Philip

The plane was going "down" - the little wiggle at the end is when the pilot spotted the Perseid and took avoiding action

Now that would have made a good story, but the truth is that the plane was going "up" !

...if you look at the start of the plane lights trail you can see a little wiggle - this was me pressing the shutter button, I should have been more professional and used a tripod, cable release, mirror lock, etc but intead I sat at the garden table, lay the camera on its back, moved it to point at an interesting group of stars then pressed the button

In that case, looking at where the plane trail starts, you only just caught it!

Never mind about "a huge dinosaur killing Asteroid hurtling towards Earth", how spooky is that... a 'plane appearing out of nowhere.....!



Roger.

I spend at least an hour every evening in the dark and in my garden. I see many exciting things and that includes the stars and the occasional shooting star.
Whilst I acknowledge that it is an exciting achievement to photograph an extremely rare event and certainly not boring as such, but for me, it cannot match what nature gives us the opportunity to photograph every night.
It is a personal thing and a valid comment