Shuttle Pic ->.from 80 miles away Updated: Video

[airboatr]

this is a 25 sec exposure f11, 200iso taken with a D30 .
Not the best...... I had a miscalculation from exactly wwwwhen the shuttle had launched so I could then count the seconds
up to time when it actually pops up over the horizon, (about 25 mississippi -ez ;-) ) from this distance , and another 20 or so from when it pops from where I live
about 60 miles further south .......the local tv station wasn't tuning in on my portable
plus fielding the questions of the passerby's asking questions like
where is it going to go?
or where will we see it.?
As they watched me setting up the camera facing north,, which I don't mind really , it is a very exciting few moments for those who'd never seen a night launch. I guess
But in my head, I'm thinking .........f/11 25 seconds or f22 at 50 and risk the imagine failing from the cmos sensor being exposure to light. to long ... (junky hunk of plastic it is now)
:doho: I've got mirror lock up on so don't forget to push the remote shutter switch twice! (did that once and got a picture of what happened,.... after .....

it is what it is





I have a video of it as well which will give you the opportunity to see what I saw . the slow growth of a warm orange glow slowly rising over the horizon
iluminating the clouds growning higher and brighter....

will post when I've edited it (again suffering from low light and digital reproduction)
not to mention the unbeileable amount of time it takes to commpress , convert .....transfering.....that whole enCOding ... thing
do it with out the proper codecs and you get sound but no picture or picture but no sound. or both but it's in B&W .???
wth did i do....

Link
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7915332486

[Garry Russell]

Looks impressive Joe

Thanks for that

Garry

[SkippyBing]

Nice image, the boats look slightly ghostly which I think adds to it, I'm guessing that's due to them moving slightly on the water during the time the shutter was open.

Reminds me of the dusk launch I saw when I was learning to fly at Ormand Beach, it was just getting dark enough you could watch the trail until it started to flatten out. I have a series of quite useless photos I took on a 35mm somewhere!

[DaveB]

Yep.. cool shot Joe

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[tonymadge]

Wonderful picture Joe, I remember a few years ago when I ws in Kissemee ( maybe spelt wrong) the shuttle launched which is some miles away 30 or 40?? Anyway it was amazing to see the plume from it as it went upwards, in the UK we dont even have any decent fireworks anymore.. :roll:

[airboatr]

Good to hear you got to see it Tony , can't even remember the amount of times I planned to go somewhere for a different angle
and it din't go.

hi Skippy , yep them boats was a rockin.......
.. so i din't go a`knockin.

[VEGAS]

Great snap Joe.

[Paul K]

Great picture !

[John]

ooohh I'd love to see one of those birds fly!

Thanks for sharing
John

[airboatr]

Here's the link to the video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7915332486
I tried to ballance the size of the upload for some who have the slower internet connection
and quality. it's best viewed with the browser not in full screen and in a dark room
I am working on another for high definition since the video is already degraded
from low light.
maybe a better video editor.... :think: >>>> me
but it will give you some idea of what it looks like. and the reaction it causes from the peps

you will notice the sky begins to lighten about 37 seconds or so into the video