Two bright Perseid meteors streaka cross the rising star trails of the autumn constellations. This is a stack of 9 x 1 minute exposures, taken sequentially, with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200, and 16-35mm lens at f/6 and 17mm. Taken at the Upper Bankhead parking lot, Banff, Alberta during the peak night of the 2012 Perseid meteor shower.
A total of 98 exposures, each 45 seconds long, composited to form one long exposure star trail image, of stars circling above Pyramid Mountain and Patricia Lake, in Jasper National Park, Alberta. This was taken July 28, 2012 with the Canon 7D camera at ISO 800 and 10-22mm lens at f/4. Moonlight provides the illumination, as well as light from passing car headlights on the trees.
Stars of Taurus rising behind Tower of Babel peak at Moraine Lake, Banff. Taken with Plaubel Makina 6x7 camera with 80mm lens at f/5.6 and Fujichrome Velvia 50 slide film (120-format) and about 16 minute exposure in full moonlight.
