STS-130 Shuttle Night Launch

Second time's a charm! Here are a couple of quick shots of the Space Shuttle launch from this morning. These were taken from the NASA causeway with a 50D and a Canon 400mm f/5.6 lens and a Canon 1.4x extender at ISO 800, 1/400 sec at f/8.

This was definitely worth staying up all night for 2 nights in a row! This was my first night launch and easily the most awesome thing I have witnessed. These images were just cropped and converted to jpg from raw; I will process them and repost updated versions when I get home from sunny Orlando.

C&C is always welcome and appreciated.

EDIT: Here is a link to my blog site with more photos: http://www.scottrichar​dsonphotography.com …ace-shuttle-night-launch/

I was across the Indian river... those are beautiful shots. I wish I would have been on the opposite side, but I really didn't feel like spending the money for a pricey ticket.

Nice capture Could be a historical shot for you.. I heard this was the very last night time/ in the dark, shuttle launch that NASA would conduct.

Lucky bugger
I so much wanted to see a shuttle launch before they retired them. Some how I doubt I'll make it

Nice job Scott! Will you be trying for any of the remaining launches?

Wow, looks like a great experience.

I love the first one

awesome shots...

Updated original post: added link to my web site with additional pics and a launch video.

Thanks for all of the kind words....it was easily the most incredible thing I have ever seen.

I bet being there in person it sends chills down your spine with the power of that beast lifting off!

It's actually about a 20 second delay until the sound reaches you (I was about 6-7 miles away)... it's pretty intense once it does.

Very nice shots. Enjoyed the in your blog as well.

That's very cool! Thanks for sharing with us!

OMG I'm soooo jealous! I want to see that before it stops....