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Why does nobody talk about trying to photograph a meteor shower from a city park
I drove out to Memorial Park in Houston last August thinking I’d get clear shots of the Perseids. Instead I got 47 blurry frames of streetlights and a drunk guy asking if I was filming a UFO. Has anyone else given up on urban astrophotography?
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west.henry24d ago
Light pollution filters help a little but they just turn the orange sky into a weird muddy brown. Tried shooting from a small park in Nashville once and my best photo was a pigeon photobombing a satellite trail. City parks are basically giant light bulbs with grass.
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lindamartin24d ago
Oh man I feel this so hard. Honestly trying to shoot astro in the city is like trying to read a book in a disco. I live near Atlanta and the best I've managed is a single clear shot of the moon through a haze of streetlight orange. Tbh I just go to the cemetery outside town now at least the dead don't complain about my tripod. Ngl that pigeon photobomb story is kind of amazing though.
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