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May 17, 2011 at 08:51 PM
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Very cool shot Stan - I assume it was the last shuttle launch?


May 17, 2011 at 09:18 PM
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Yes, this was STS-134 Endeavour taken from the VAB roof. It was very mediocre to say the least, probably the lamest launch I've ever been to, but hey, you make the most out of it We were shooting straight into the sun under a thick cloud cover - no color, no contrast... plus I processed this photo on my lame laptop, because I am still in FL working the roll-over / lift / mate of STS-135 Atlantis.


May 17, 2011 at 09:21 PM
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Lame to you maybe, and I've seen a lot of your other shots so I know what kind of spectacular stuff you are used to producing. I like this shot because of the clouds and the smoke around the launchpad is pretty cool. I think it shows motion very well, and with the disappearing shuttle it piques the viewers interest leaving them wondering what might have just blasted off there.


May 17, 2011 at 09:25 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · #449 Liftoff


Really cool shot, looks like something out of a SciFi movie!


May 18, 2011 at 03:38 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · #449 Liftoff


Purdy cool Stan, at first I thought it was a tornado. What focal length were you using?


May 18, 2011 at 08:50 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · #449 Liftoff


This was in the 50 mm range.


May 18, 2011 at 11:29 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · #449 Liftoff


ramorak wrote:
Really cool shot, looks like something out of a SciFi movie!


+1

Happy shooting,
Yakim.



May 19, 2011 at 07:27 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · #449 Liftoff


supercool, how you did that?


Feb 27, 2015 at 02:42 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · #449 Liftoff


I opened the shutter for the 8s that the shuttle was visible before disappearing in the clouds

The actual exposure is 49s long, but the trail was visible only for 8s. I had a hard time judging the cloud ceiling and wanted to be safe. In hindsight I am happy that I had the shutter open so much longer as that better blended the ambient exposure.



Feb 27, 2015 at 05:35 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · #449 Liftoff


Wow that's wild. Well done!


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