Perseids and some lightning

[mrt]

Every year is a new thrill. This was a good one, no clouds, no moon, a goodly number of meteors, and great settings. Many meteors to the east and southeast, both lower and higher in the sky. Mostly shot between 9:30pm and 1:00am. Here's a couple. Night one was in Paonia, CO. Night two was on the N Fork of the Gunnison near Paonia Reservoir. The river was lined up with the Milky Way. That was fortuitous. Night three was again in Paonia, but the feature was clouds and lightning, not as crisp as I would like, but dramatic. Post processing was in Lightroom. Masked the sky and foreground separately.
Marty
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[Bill Schone]

Nicely done.

 

[mrt]

Nicely done.

Thanks very much Bill.

 

[StarDust]

The level of exposure is brilliant

 

[jfredrick]

I agree that the exposure is great! It feels natural and not over processed. Very well done!

 

[mrt]

The level of exposure is brilliant

Thanks very much StarDust. I appreciate the comment.

 

[mrt]

I agree that the exposure is great! It feels natural and not over processed. Very well done!

Thanks very much jfrederick. It was such a lucky series of nights.

 

[DRwyoming]

Very nice!

 

[mrt]

Very nice!

Thanks very much. I appreciate you taking the time to look.

 

[Dancogan]

Great shots with a very high "WOW" factor. Well done.

 

[mrt]

Great shots with a very high "WOW" factor. Well done.

I appreciate the kind comments. Thanks very much.

 

[Highbow]

I really like the bottom photo, the capture of lightning without messing with the surrounding light is great.

 

[mrt]

I really like the bottom photo, the capture of lightning without messing with the surrounding light is great.

So
Much light differential was an interesting challenge. Thanks for the kind comment.