Pennybacker Bridge, Austin Texas, Night of the Meteors (Draconids)

This image is a composite of many images. First, I arrived at Pennybacker Bridge in Austin, Texas, on October 8th one of the two nights the Draconid Meteor shower was supposed to be at peak). I took several shots at f/14 after sunset but before dark so I could use these images as the foreground. After dark, I switched the aperture to f/2.8 and set the automatic shutter to take 30 second exposures until the battery ran out. Over the course of ~ 500 exposures, I was able to capture many "shooting stars" - the trails of Draconid meteors.

Back home, I tediously went through each image and extracted the best images to use -those with the biggest and most colorful meteors. I then stacked these Draconids in layers, rotated them to match the correct position of the stars to match the earth's rotation over 4 hours, and blended them back in using a series of Photoshop tools.

I planned this shot for several months, then waited and hoped for a clear night. The moonless night helped the stars show up, as well.

The postprocesing on this image of Pennybacker Bridge underneath the Draconids took several weeks before finally producing this image.

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Taken on: October 8, 2012

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/3.2, 30 sec, 16mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	16mm
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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