Space Shuttle Atlantis

Snydremark wrote in post #12725365
Spectacular shot there, OP. What's the deal with the tower, on the right? Some sort of cooling mechanism?

Watertower for the noise suppression system i believe

Wow, awesome!!!

Yet another piece of the future to reside in a museum (Concorde being the other one that springs to mind)

Ian.

beautiful shots kb9 !

too bad it's over.

I was there, unfortunantly i was 11 miles away on the bridge lol. I came 14 hours to see 40 seconds. So awesome

I was there, unfortunantly i was 11 miles away on the bridge lol. I came 14 hours to see 40 seconds. So awesome

kb9tdj wrote in post #12725303
Here's one quick one; not real pleased with my closeup results. Will look at them closer when I get a chance. Working on laptop in back of car at the NASA Press Site at the moment and hard to see the laptop screen real well with all the glare.

Any shot is a good one from my perspective

04yellowf150 wrote in post #12726305
I was there, unfortunantly i was 11 miles away on the bridge lol. I came 14 hours to see 40 seconds. So awesome

I traveled 1/2 way around the world in 2008 to see a launch and missed it

Obama will be long remembered for me as the man who killed the US space program

Wow Historic! It is so sad that the era of the Space Shuttle is over... Such a great shot. Super colors. I am jealous.(Wish I was there)

I took 235 pics, ill upload when I get back

Here's a few more. The launch photos came out a bit hot, but that's ok, I'll get it better next time......oh wait.....there is no more next time. Crap. I'll work with them more when I get back home.

1. The night before the launch. I was looking for the Batman symbol up on the clouds.

Great shots, Scott! It looks like you were able to get fairly close and have good access to the launch area before & during the launch. Did you have connections? What lens did you use for the launch, 500mm?

We were at Space View Park in Titusville. It's about 12 miles away. I used a 40D and a 70-200 F4 with IS turned off. Nothing great but best that I had.

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lavanut wrote in post #12729843
Great shots, Scott! It looks like you were able to get fairly close and have good access to the launch area before & during the launch. Did you have connections? What lens did you use for the launch, 500mm?

I had a media credential through our county newspaper. The wide view of the launch was with a 70-200 f/2.8 L IS II set at 70mm and the close shots were with a 400 f/5.6 L with a 1.4x extender for a total focal length of 560mm.

shybull wrote in post #12729919
We were at Space View Park in Titusville. It's about 12 miles away. I used a 40D and a 70-200 F4 with IS turned off. Nothing great but best that I had.

also in titusville, 70-300 in my 50d. wish i was a little bit closer. anyone in cocoa beach

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I was in Titusville under the bridge with a 500mm f4l + 1.4x TC

Mine came out like utter crap. Oh well at least I was there.

The night before. This was on a tripod but the wind was so bad that not even that could hold it steady.

Nice shots all.
Be happy with what you got. Some of us are jealous as