Summer night skies

Haven't had much time to play with the cameras during the daytime hours, but there have been a few nights when I got out the barndoor tracker and took a few shots. These were taken just past midnight on August 2, 2011. The first on is looking southwest. Lens Sigma 10-22mm set at 10 mm, ISO 400, f 4.0, 267 seconds exposure.

The second shot is northeast to southwest, same shot settings, exposure time 249 seconds. Both shot in RAW and converted to .jpg

The Perseid meteor shower is coming up Friday night/Saturday morning, predictions are for clear skies. The only drawback will be the near full moon. Going to be interesting trying to shoot meteors with the bright moonlight.