Shuttle

[DEADEYE DICK]

Shuttle is going up tomorrow morning.
Anybody gonna try to take pics?

[DEADEYE DICK]

Went up this morning at 0621.
Shots were taken at 65+/- miles away.I tried to include all I have learned about fireworks from yall on the other site and my Ferris wheel pictures.

I left the shutter open for 5 seconds on the first shot just to check it to see if everything was working right.The 2nd shot was open for 23 seconds.I also cropped out some lightpoles.Hindsight being 20/20 I wish I would have focused back a little farther and left the shutter open for 4-5 minutes now that I see how things turned out.
Oh well,if it was easy everybody could do it!

Lighting up the sky.

.http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu239/Gonzo126/shuttledis1.jpg

.Sure didn't get very far in 23 seconds

.http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu239/Gonzo126/shuttledis2.jpg


The booster rockets are falling off here somewhere.

.http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu239/Gonzo126/shuttledis3.jpg


Hung around a while to see the sun come up behind the smoke trail.

.http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu239/Gonzo126/shuttledis4.jpg

[DEADEYE DICK]

OK,here is my feeble attempt to clone out some street lights and add the shuttle trail all the way to the tree line.Let me know what you think.

.http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu239/Gonzo126/shuttledis1ps.jpg


.http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu239/Gonzo126/shuttledis2ps.jpg

[Ross R]

Very Nice. Long exposures are a challenge. If you look in "whack's" gallery he has some ridiculous shuttle pictures in his gallery. Of course he was able to get a lot closer. That last pic is great.