Serendipity
Last night I planned to take a moonlit shot of a local golf course. The Sonterra North Course has a green near the Huebner-Blanco Rd. intersection. I drove there and hiked down to the course. I had checked the moonrise-moonset times on-line and found the moon would be overhead at 7:52 PM so I was there at that time to get the best light. It was quite dark, but using 15-sec. exposures I was able to get some usable images, one of which is shown here. Later, when reviewing the shots, I noticed the light streak in the sky and took it to be a jet contrail. The next morning I read that there had been a meteor sighted from South Texas to Oklahoma the night before, shortly after 8:00 PM. The EXIF file on this shot shows it was taken at 8:03, so I think I might have caught the meteor track. If that is what it is, it was a true stroke of luck. I think the moonlight shows up well if you have enough exposure time. Tech: Lumix G1 with 7-14 mm zoom, f5.0 at 15 sec. ISO 400. Comments welcome.
Well, further examination suggests it was not a meteor track, but rather an aircraft light. An extreme enlargement of the track shows a periodic colored light embedded in the streak. That suggests a blinking red warning light that aircraft often display. But it made a good story while it lasted, and the photo stands on its own, even without a meteor track. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteSo close, yet so far. I bet it was exciting to think you might of captured the meteor. Nicely done.
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