SpaceX Heavy launch from 25+ miles away with NIKON P1000
Apr 11, 2019 20:33:14 #
Just for fun...couldn't get up to the Cape today so I shot this from the beach near my home.
Very hazy at sea level, so I waited until about a minute into the launch to grab this image.
3000mm 1/1000sec f/7.1 iso 400 Center-weighted metering.
Very hazy at sea level, so I waited until about a minute into the launch to grab this image.
3000mm 1/1000sec f/7.1 iso 400 Center-weighted metering.
Apr 11, 2019 20:41:42 #
Apr 11, 2019 20:45:52 #
I used to watch the shuttle launches from my back yard which was 46 miles due west as the crow flies from the launch complex.
Launches are nice to watch.
Launches are nice to watch.
Apr 11, 2019 21:01:56 #
Awesome, I love it. Wish I could have been there. Watched on line and even that got me going.
We’re you able to see the return of the two boosters?
We’re you able to see the return of the two boosters?
Apr 11, 2019 21:22:39 #
Apr 11, 2019 22:10:53 #
Yes. But it was so hazy at sea level that the rocket bodies were almost invisible. Just the exhausts. So I didn't post that.
I had gotten some excellent images of them (up close) during last year's launch/return.
I had gotten some excellent images of them (up close) during last year's launch/return.
Apr 11, 2019 23:04:23 #
Apr 12, 2019 06:00:39 #
Apr 12, 2019 06:19:48 #
mharvey wrote:
Just for fun...couldn't get up to the Cape today so I shot this from the beach near my home.
Very hazy at sea level, so I waited until about a minute into the launch to grab this image.
3000mm 1/1000sec f/7.1 iso 400 Center-weighted metering.
Very hazy at sea level, so I waited until about a minute into the launch to grab this image.
3000mm 1/1000sec f/7.1 iso 400 Center-weighted metering.
Nice capture.
Apr 12, 2019 07:59:19 #
mharvey wrote:
Just for fun...couldn't get up to the Cape today so I shot this from the beach near my home.
Very hazy at sea level, so I waited until about a minute into the launch to grab this image.
3000mm 1/1000sec f/7.1 iso 400 Center-weighted metering.
Very hazy at sea level, so I waited until about a minute into the launch to grab this image.
3000mm 1/1000sec f/7.1 iso 400 Center-weighted metering.
Very nice shot!
Apr 12, 2019 09:07:41 #
Impressive just the same. Catching a missile launch is no small feat. I have photographed Army Air Defense launches in the 60's and you rarely get 2nd chances at this. But the cameras we had then are nothing compared to the digital wonders of current uses....lucky us !
Apr 12, 2019 09:09:08 #
mharvey wrote:
Just for fun...couldn't get up to the Cape today so I shot this from the beach near my home.
Very hazy at sea level, so I waited until about a minute into the launch to grab this image.
3000mm 1/1000sec f/7.1 iso 400 Center-weighted metering.
Very hazy at sea level, so I waited until about a minute into the launch to grab this image.
3000mm 1/1000sec f/7.1 iso 400 Center-weighted metering.
Apr 12, 2019 10:47:29 #
Apr 12, 2019 11:06:05 #
Apr 12, 2019 11:58:20 #
On Merritt Island two days ago a guard said I could watch the launch from there if I got in by 1pm on Thurs.
Now that's close.
Now that's close.
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