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PIXmantra
7th of August 2009 (Fri), 17:27
...Just happened to be there with family (and one of our 1D3 bodies)...

BOY, talk about a damn, fine place, to be truly proud of. Just a few snaps, no flash, no support/tripod, just cam+lens (all processed with FlexNR past ISo1600):

Here's the baby:

http://www.pbase.com/feharmat/image/115828675/original.jpg


Talk about a "sexy" rear: :D
http://www.pbase.com/feharmat/image/115828674/original.jpg


And a few more here (LM cockpit, Space Shuttle cockpit, central command consoles, cross-sectional view of tank, and others):

http://www.pbase.com/feharmat/image/115828677/original
http://www.pbase.com/feharmat/image/115828678/original
http://www.pbase.com/feharmat/image/115828680/original
http://www.pbase.com/feharmat/image/115828681/original
http://www.pbase.com/feharmat/image/115828682/original
http://www.pbase.com/feharmat/image/115828683/original
http://www.pbase.com/feharmat/image/115828684/original

And this one in almost complete darkness (1/15, f/4.0, ISo6400):
http://www.pbase.com/feharmat/image/115828685/original


Hope you enjoy them!

PIX

MOD EDIT:
Please watch your image sizes, 1024px on the longest side is the maximum (PIX: NOTED, THANKS!)
Pekka
7th of August 2009 (Fri), 17:34
Very interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing.
PIXmantra
7th of August 2009 (Fri), 18:57
Very interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing.

...talk about a real pain trying to compose and frame an object that is already larger than life... :D

...And all this in the 60's-70's technology... Notice the Lunar lander/module cockpit's simplicity's yet overall clean and seemingly functional... pity that the front-windows were so tiny...

Cheers,

PIX
kndguy
8th of August 2009 (Sat), 00:51
Thanks for sharing... the cockpit's picture is phenomenal!
PhotosGuy
8th of August 2009 (Sat), 09:08
Good series on it!
kauffman v36
8th of August 2009 (Sat), 09:18
aside from the location, which is fascinating in person. those pictures ROCK noise wise. especially that last one, should make pixmantra proud. it makes me want to buy a 1d3 RIGHTNOW!
Jon Foster
8th of August 2009 (Sat), 10:04
Nice shots.

Jon.
Naturalist
8th of August 2009 (Sat), 10:13
I bet that was a GREAT trip! Thanks for posting up the images.
PIXmantra
8th of August 2009 (Sat), 17:35
...Yes, it was a really great trip (already years living down here and never visited the place before, though...)

We missed a shuttle launch by basically just a few days...

The place is truly outstanding, it makes you feel truly proud of its overall conception, vision and work being done there... there is a professional profile from pretty much any venue of life, science or discipline... The shuttle processing facility is simply amazing, and this rocket was really something special...

As for the very last picture (minitature-size Shuttle), it was barely (truly barely) visible to the naked eye). Not because we were coming from a scorching-hot, sunlight-lit outdoor environment, but because we had already there quite some minutes watching a presentation...

I was pretty surprised with the AMAZING high-ISO image quality that I was able to extract from the 1D3, in pretty much sub-human conditions.

Cheers all,

PIX
justaf IREMAN
8th of August 2009 (Sat), 17:37
That place is awesome, it's hard to believe how big those apollo rockets are.