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Cape Kiwanda Perseids

The 2015 Perseid Meteor Shower was spectacular from the Oregon Coast! I shot the meteor shower from Cape Kiwanda near Pacific City, Oregon over the course of th...
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The 2015 Perseid Meteor Shower was spectacular from the Oregon Coast! I shot the meteor shower from Cape Kiwanda near Pacific City, Oregon over the course of three hours. I did manage to get at least one good fireball in the frame and even a really amazing glow on the horizon through the haze behind the haystack rock from a passing ship on the ocean. I was really happy with this composition and scene. Hope you also like it!

For this shot I blended a 225 second shot (ISO 1600, f-2.8) for the foreground and two 30 second (ISO 3200, f-2.8) shots for the meteors seen in the frame.
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2 Comments |
carolynsouthworth
 
carolynsouthworth September 26, 2015
How do you get shots like these without all the noise when you use such a high ISO? I have a D800 as well, and when I use a higher ISO, I always get noise.
NikkiBranch
 
NikkiBranch October 24, 2015
I wish I was that good
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