Awesome thank you so much, you’ve given my son and I our next photo project
Re: SpaceX we’ve seen many. Spend the $$ for the entrance fee to KSC on launch day, and head out to the Saturn V building to watch the launch from the grandstands. SpaceX does a great job with playing the control room audio and video via large monitors while you watch the launch from the closets public viewing area
RoamingScott wrote:
I’m hoping to go see a Space X launch or two with my son, happy to hear of others interested in our space programs!
From there it’s a matter of scouting the locations along the centerline, knowing how high the sun or moon will be above any potential sight line obstacles, etc. For this particular one, I wanted a slightly off center transit to avoid the ISS being lost over the darker upper craters.
For this shot, I used the Nikon Z9, Z 100-400, and 1.4x TC and used the SnapBridge phone app as a remote shutter so I didn’t have to touch the camera. I knew the exact second the transit was supposed to begin and did a large burst to catch it. Any camera with a pretty fast burst rate will be able to do this!
The rest was a merge of the files to show all of the transit points I captured!
SouthFla wrote:
Awesome thank you so much, you’ve given my son and I our next photo project
Re: SpaceX we’ve seen many. Spend the $$ for the entrance fee to KSC on launch day, and head out to the Saturn V building to watch the launch from the grandstands. SpaceX does a great job with playing the control room audio and video via large monitors while you watch the launch from the closets public viewing area
It always surprises me how few people are on the lawn at KSC during launches. Would love to catch a Falcon Heavy launch some day, watching those boosters return has to be something else.
A second edit, this time fully manual adjustments and layering instead of using AI...not sure which is objectively "better" I think the ISS details are a bit more defined here.
I think the ISS details are a bit more defined here.