Space shuttle advice

ry317 wrote in post #6700416
Here are the best pictures I got. I'm a little disappointed, should have brought up the ISO to 400. I used 1/640, f8, and ISO200 @ 300mm.

http://gallery.me.com/​rdonaher#100374

I don't think ISO at 400 who have made a significant difference in these photos. A lack of reach, and heavy crops are the shortcomings in these which still are not that bad.

Did you shoot raw ?

Blue Deuce wrote in post #6700567
I don't think ISO at 400 who have made a significant difference in these photos. A lack of reach, and heavy crops are the shortcomings in these which still are not that bad.

Did you shoot raw ?

Yes I did, and all I did was crop the photos. I know nothing about PP yet. Still trying to learn the basics.

Look a little like mine... Great pics all things considered. I was debating between ISO 100 or 400 and settle for 100 due to wanting low noise in pics.

I shot manual at the whole thing and handheld

equetefue wrote in post #6700998
Look a little like mine... Great pics all things considered. I was debating between ISO 100 or 400 and settle for 100 due to wanting low noise in pics.

I shot manual at the whole thing and handheld

You didn't use a tripod? Wow, very nice. The extra reach really made a difference in your photo, and the better gear, and i'm sure there's a little skill there too!

I saw somebody there Friday with a really big L lens; it was one of the larger primes and was easily the largest lens I have ever seen.

pretty happy with the results for such a long distance. Tell you what, shooting manual is not easy at all with such a small window to shoot this fast thing

Here are a couple of shots from the Endeavour launch on 11/14.

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awesome shots !!

That is amazing. I take it you had tickets to go over to the Nasa Causeway? What kind of lens and settings did you use?

Thanks!
The pics were taken from the NASA causeway.
The first was taken with a Canon 40D, 100-400L, ISO 400, f/8, 1/500, mounted on a tripod. I had a Tamron 1.4x converter which I put on and off a few times while waiting for liftoff. I ultimately decided that the image was ever-so-slightly sharper without the converter and left it off for the shot.

The second pic was a time exposure taken with a tripod mounted Canon Rebel XT, Sigma 10-20mm zoom (set at 11mm), 0.9ND filter, f/22, ISO 100. I used a wireless remote for this shot.