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Cool. Were you on a boat? Could you hear it as well?
 
Yes taken from my boat.
You can hear the rumble!
The whole boat shakes.
Don , how are you?
 
I saw one launch, it was the most impressive thing I have seen.
 
Taken last February, but not from a boat, we were on the causeway.

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Saw it from the beach today but about 40 miles away-still great to see & great shot Jeff. 1 to go and then over to you, Russia...
 
We were there this morning, had 35 people out(commerical boat). Always a great experience, you can see ,feel and hear the launch. Jeffk,nice shot.

John
 
Always an amazing site. Ashame the media politicized the crap out of it.
 
Saw one years ago from maybe 20 mi offshore... I never saw anything go so fast in my life!
 
Nice shots! Jeffk - What lens did you use on that second show, taken last Feb.?

Thanks.
 
That was not last feb, I just took it.
Casio 10.1 mega pixel.
I did post one a while back that I took with a canon powershot.
I am kind of surprised at the detail I got.
I have one shot that I forgot to put the zoom on and it was right at takeoff.
I will be better prepared in June.
jk
 
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Originally posted by jeffk

Yes taken from my boat.
You can hear the rumble!
The whole boat shakes.
Don , how are you?

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Jeff.........OK.... now that I'm retired :)

Thanks !
 
Wow, I got 5 years to go.
If you want to come down for the last launch in June let me know
 
<<...."That was not last feb, I just took it."...>>

Sorry. I meant Kid Leo's shot he took that looks really zoomed.
 
Kid Leo - What lens did you use for that zoomed shot of the launch in Feb. ?

Thanks.
 
Watched a few from the deck at Coconuts on Cocoa Beach. The night launch was the most impressuve.
 
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Originally posted by jeffk

Wow, I got 5 years to go.
If you want to come down for the last launch in June let me know

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Jeff......we'll be down in Florida in August...with the motorhome.....Deb wants to see the property I bought in Crystal River. Maybe we can get together.
 
That shot was taken with a Sigma 150-500 on a Nikon D90. It was not cropped. The tricky part is setting the camera. Everything needed to be set manual because exposure and focus will hunt and NASA won't do it over for you, go figure! Of the 15 shots in the sequence this is really the only good one. The rocket flare reflecting off the smoke illuminates the ship, before this you only see smoke, after only flames.

The causeway is 6.5 miles away, the closest most civilians can get. We made a special trip driving down from Cincinnati just to view the launch (bought the lens too). Spent 2 nights out in the cold, the 1st was scrubbed for weather, the launch was at 4 in the morning. I've always wanted to do it and was running out out of launches, the experience was worth all the pains and money we went through.
 
<...."the experience was worth all the pains and money we went through."...>>

Nice job. Your photo was well worth the effort.
 
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