By Hassan Dadashi . Arani | 2023-12-21
On 12/14/2023 11:57 pm by Jose Pedrero | Website | Oropesa, Castellón, Spain
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¡Felices fiestas! Os deseo una feliz nochebuena y día de navidad. Este año Papa Noel no viene de Laponia, no, viene deslizándose por la perseida y viene cargado de buena luz deseando que ilumine nuestras cámaras con momentos extraordinarios para capturar momentos inéditos.
And finally came, yes, the long awaited GEMINIDS. Everything was in our favour, except for the persistent wind that did not cease until after 12 midnight. At 21:10 on 14 December 2023, I started with horizontal shots, as the radiant of Gemini was still quite far to the left in relation to the frame. Although peak activity was scheduled for around 1am, WOW, ✨✨✨✨ many, many meteors lit up the sky. It was another cosmic spectacle 🌌 impressive to the naked eye.
The result in horizontal format: manually mounted and stacked only those meteors that came from the radiant, and they were already a h...😃. Surely,
Then, around 00:10, the Gemini radiant started to make its appearance in the frame. A new composition, this time in portrait format, and I started shooting non-stop. The final photo....., well, it's still to come. 🌟
It was a magical night, in an excellent place, with a stunning foreground and a wonderful company of @paco_herrero_fotos and Domingo, who made the hours pass like minutes.
Canon Eos R5
Lens Canon RF 15-35mm
Tripod Manfrotto C055
Minimal adjustments in Camera Raw. Like Clarity and a bit more of Exposure.
Selected all meteors (Gemini's) coming from the radiant by hand and blended all of them in Photoshop.
Once blended all, some more adjustment in Nik Collection to pop up the meteors.