Photography · by Jack Taylor · 2026-10-19
Tips for shooting the Orionid meteor shower peaking this week?
The Orionids peak this week and I want to try photographing them properly for the first time. My plan is a wide lens on a tripod, long exposures, and hoping for dark skies, but I'm not sure about settings or where in the sky to point. I've also seen people stack frames afterwards to show many meteors in one image. What's worked for you, and are there mistakes I should avoid?
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Lina Al Harbi · 12 likes
moon phase matters a lot. check how bright it'll be where you are
Bianca Santos · 3 likes
photopills or similar app makes this way easier to plan
Paolo Garcia · 8 likes
bring spare batteries, cold nights eat them fast
Emma Tremblay · 8 likes
keep them in an inside pocket too, warm batteries last longer
Chloe Davis · 4 likes
turn off long exposure noise reduction or you'll lose half your shooting time
Lucas Silva · 4 likes
oh good tip, I'd never have thought of that
Maja Wiśniewska · 4 likes
check focus on a bright star with live view zoomed in. autofocus at night is useless
Tanvir Rahman · 5 likes
and tape the focus ring once it's set. I bumped mine once and lost a whole night
Chloe Davis · 2 likes
don't point straight at the radiant. aim off to the side a bit so you get longer streaks
Mariam Said · 4 likes
didn't know that, makes sense though. thanks
Budi Santoso · 1 likes
wide and fast lens, wide open, ISO around 1600-3200, and just let an intervalometer run for hours. it's a numbers game
Finn Brown · 11 likes
the numbers game part is so real, I get like 3 usable frames out of hundreds
Cozy Marauder · 6 likes
this. set it and go sit in a chair with a hot drink
Aisha Rahman · 0 likes
honestly my best meteor shot was an accident during a milky way timelapse
Theo Bennett · 1 likes
the universe rewards those who weren't even trying
Siti Lestari · 0 likes
dew heater or at least a hand warmer rubber banded to the lens. fogging killed my first attempt
Valeria Flores · 8 likes
the hand warmer hack is so cheap and works great