Man from England photographs Space Station and Shuttle from his Backyard!

..Using a Canon 40D, of course.

http://www.nasa.gov …y/image_feature​_1879.html

Holy Crap !!

I think it's front focusing...

nicksan wrote in post #11944289
I think it's front focusing...

LMAO...

Does anyone have the ISO on this photo?
Shame, I think space would have been nicer in HDR.

He's a hack. He didn't even use LiveView.

Hey guys, go to the link, and download the full size pic. Check out the edges around the station and shuttle. Is that a crappy implementation of the Black Background, or simply the JPG effect on the photo? I may sound ultra naive, but I thought the blackness was real (meaning not photoshoped). Silly me, I guess.

asysin2leads wrote in post #11944513
He's a hack. He didn't even use LiveView.

At least he wasn't using a FF body, that extra magnification of the crop sensor really brings out the detail.


:p


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nathancarter wrote in post #11949782
At least he wasn't using a FF body, that extra magnification of the crop sensor really brings out the detail.


:p


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Very good point. The FF bodies couldn't do something like this like the 1.6 crops can. He must truly be a professional knowing which camera to use.

He was right about one thing, it was a once in a lifetime shot!

L.J.G. wrote in post #11949864
He was right about one thing, it was a once in a lifetime shot!

Because he'll have learned something by the next one ?

What drives me nuts is, with a regular lens I have gotten blurry shots of the moon... much larger, much farther than the ones this gentleman photographed.

To me, it's an incredible accomplishment. Call me dumb, but I ran to my 40D and hugged it, and showing it the photo I said "See? This is what you can do..."

We limit ourselves so much to our equipment. I am still getting used to having ONLY a 40D. I miss the 10 fps, I miss the 45 AF points, etc. But I do have a fine device, that in the proper hands, will accomplish the task that it was designed to do.

PhotoJourno wrote in post #11950170
What drives me nuts is, with a regular lens I have gotten blurry shots of the moon... much larger, much farther than the ones this gentleman photographed.

To me, it's an incredible accomplishment. Call me dumb, but I ran to my 40D and hugged it, and showing it the photo I said "See? This is what you can do..."

We limit ourselves so much to our equipment. I am still getting used to having ONLY a 40D. I miss the 10 fps, I miss the 45 AF points, etc. But I do have a fine device, that in the proper hands, will accomplish the task that it was designed to do.

Abso-effin-lutely.

PhotoJourno wrote in post #11944587
Hey guys, go to the link, and download the full size pic. Check out the edges around the station and shuttle. Is that a crappy implementation of the Black Background, or simply the JPG effect on the photo? I may sound ultra naive, but I thought the blackness was real (meaning not photoshoped). Silly me, I guess.

Looking close, it does look as if a little photoshopping was going on. Still, it does not take away from the image or the capture.