Shooting astrophotography can be full of surprises, both positive and negative. Brett Abernethy experienced the good kind:
“Fireball over Banff Rundle Mountain” by Brett Abernethy (Via Imgur. Click image to see full size.)
While he was chasing some aurora borealis, he stumbled upon a meteorite burning in the atmosphere. Luckily he had his shutter open.
“I shot it on a Canon 5D Mark III with a Zeiss 21mm 2.8 lens F4 for 49 seconds. On a tripod obviously. In post all I did was bump up the contrast and saturation a bit – which you have to do when shooting in RAW.”
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I think you were extremely fortunate to be in the right place at the right time to capture, what I think, is an amazing photograph. I love it!
So, while you were there did you get any Aurora Borealis photos? How would I see them?
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
According to the flicker account of the photographer, he did capture the aurora. https://www.flickr.com/photos/brettabernethy/16059197006/in/photostream/