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Snapper

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Posted - 12 Mar 2005 :  15:34:21 Show Profile Send ravtino a Direct Message  Reply with Quote
Great picies!
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Lynnes

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Wow fantastic pictures.
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Brilliant pictures once again Steve.
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Posted - 12 Mar 2005 :  16:36:55 Show Profile Send Epic a Direct Message  Reply with Quote
once again fantastic pictures.what a perfect day for the launch and capturing it
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Nostromo

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Posted - 12 Mar 2005 :  17:19:10 Show Profile Send Nostromo a Direct Message  Reply with Quote
Fantastic! Wish I was there (inside the spacecraft I mean!).
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linda allen

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Hi steve,
Looks like you had a great spot to view the launch. Was it in Titusville at the Howard Johnsons? or there abouts.
Linda
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Snapper

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Hi Linda,

We were just off the causeway where the 528 crosses the Banana River. It was quite a good find (on the advice of one of the guides at KSC). You get quite a good view across to the whole KSC and Cape Canaveral pads. It would be a wicked place to watch the shuttle launch in May for anyone over here. The other good news is that, at least from what we saw, nobody minds if you pull off the road onto the grass and park up for an hour or two to watch the launch. I imagine you would have to get there really early for a shuttle launch. Yesterday there were only a handful of people there. There were more people there on Thursday when the launch was scrubbed.

You are quite a long way away from the action here so you need a reasonably long lens if you want to get any close(ish)-up up shots. I don't yet have any long lenses for the Nikon, but after yesterday's afternoon out I do have something of a shopping list I figure something around 300mm to 400mm would be ideal, or maybe a fast 200mm lens with a x1.4 or x2 doubler as long as that doesn't prevent the autofocus from focusing like most of them do. That's only going to get the first few seconds of the launch so I think then the best plan would be to switch to a wide angle, say something in the 12mm to 24mm range depending on how much distortion you wanted to play around with. Now the rub is that everything happens so quickly that you don't have time to be swapping lenses, so I think I need a second camera body as well. A D2X with a 300mm lens would be perfect for the initial lift-off and then I could switch to the D70 with a 12-24mm DX lens or maybe even a 10.55mm fisheye.

I would also have to spend a good few weeks in Florida to make sure I caught a few launches to get it all worked out.

Hey! We can all wish!
Steve.

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linda allen

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Thanks Steve, we are hoping to be over in May for the launch, so will keep in mind the location.
Linda
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Magical Dreams

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Posted - 12 Mar 2005 :  20:25:34 Show Profile Send Magical Dreams a Direct Message  Reply with Quote
Fantastic Photo's as usual!!

We thought we were going to be there for that, but they re-scheduled it in early Jan!

We was gutted!!

Andrew & Diane Moore
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LiesaAnna

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Posted - 12 Mar 2005 :  22:56:50 Show Profile Send LiesaAnna a Direct Message  Reply with Quote
Thankyou Steve for sharing these photos with us! theyre great!
well done!
Liesa
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djdigitald

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Posted - 15 Mar 2005 :  16:06:27 Show Profile Send djdigitald a Direct Message  Reply with Quote
Great Pics Steve, I have seen a Shuttle Launch from the Beach at Indian Harbour Beach and it is a superb sight. You have to put the fish back into the water as they all seem to jump out!
Daniel, Kaye, Millie and Harvey
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Snapper

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The good news is that one of these made it onto the SpaceFlightNow website: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av004/

The bad news is that it's going to be ages before I can photograph any more launches. Maybe I should write to Lockheed to see if they need another photographer.

Of all the different careers I've ever thought about, F1 racing driver, fighter pilot, international man of mystery, Glenmorangie quality control tester I think I now should add Lockheed space launch photographer to the wish list.
Steve.

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blott

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quote:
Originally posted by Snapper
The good news is that one of these made it onto the SpaceFlightNow website: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av004/

The bad news is that it's going to be ages before I can photograph any more launches. Maybe I should write to Lockheed to see if they need another photographer.

Of all the different careers I've ever thought about, F1 racing driver, fighter pilot, international man of mystery, Glenmorangie quality control tester I think I now should add Lockheed space launch photographer to the wish list.
Steve, how could you leave OV official photographer off that list?
Blott
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ringwood1

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Posted - 15 Mar 2005 :  21:33:12 Show Profile Send ringwood1 a Direct Message  Reply with Quote
Wonderful pictures, can you hear it go up too. Really want to see a launch and everytime we plan our trip to coincide with a launch it is re-scheduled.
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Frosty

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Posted - 30 Mar 2005 :  13:34:51 Show Profile Send Frosty a Direct Message  Reply with Quote
Snapper,

I have to say thanks............but its not for the pictures, although they are great.

From your post i ended working from www.spaceflightnow.com to www.astronomynow.com where i found these cool space patches.
I've ordered the Apollo program patch collection for only $44.95
Take a look, i think they are great.


So thanks again snapper for a link to a great site,

Regards,

Neil
Neil & Kay
Edited by - Frosty on 30 Mar 2005 21:56:44
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