Photography Showcase Thread!

[tater]

These aren't good images, but are snapshots:

First is a KC-135 that happened to fly past yesterday along the fence line at KAFB I took with my phone (somewhat zoomed).

The next is my son's desk in his room:

His lego Saturn V is there, but the ancient iPad he has showing the 4.5 hour Youtube Starman video when he's in the room (old iPad will not do live streams, else it would have the ISS livestream up).

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

Taken as one of many photos during a visit to the KSC in the summer of 2016: (although probably the only one that isn't completely terrible, yes it is a phone picture)

It looks a bit different today, doesn't it?

Edited February 15, 2018 by ThatGuyWithALongUsername

[StrandedonEarth]

Our three-month-old "Mountain Lab" puppy enjoying the foot of snow we got last night... (took some 70+ pics in the photo shoot, with my Canon EOS Rebel T5) Normally weekend mornings is my best time to play KSP, but between shoveling snow, playing with the pup, and posting pics, I still haven't fired it up yet...

Edited February 24, 2018 by StrandedonEarth

[Piatzin]

18 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Our three-month-old "Mountain Lab" puppy enjoying the foot of snow we got last night...

SO CUTE!!

[Cydonian Monk]

US Route 199 winding through the tall trees, deep in the Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park near Hiouchi, California. (2017-08-13)

 

[Reactordrone]

Iridium flare from a couple of days ago,

 

 

[Airdude]

Here’s a few pictures of our flock.

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Edited April 2, 2018 by Airdude
Link fixed

[NSEP]

Taken with my Advanced Telephonetic Communications Device

[Piatzin]

Thingy

[Shpaget]

1 hour ago, Earthlinger said:

Thingy

Me likes it mucho, but please fix the slight roll to the left (or is it jaw?).

[XB-70A]

I tried to take some correct pictures today, but for a reason unknown to me the quality was affected.

 

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[Piatzin]

8 hours ago, Shpaget said:

Me likes it mucho, but please fix the slight roll to the left (or is it jaw?).

Is it tilted? I can't tell XD

Edit:

Hm, yes. Sadly, the (basic) program I use corrects tilt in intervals, so the tiniest correction ends up overcorrecting

Edited April 3, 2018 by Earthlinger

[Shpaget]

Lightroom has a good implementation for rotation adjustment. It's rather expensive for amateur use.

What I found out to be a usable and free option is paint.net. Put your image in the background layer and add another transparent one. Draw a vertical and/or horizontal line (SHIFT + mouse) on the transparent layer then select the background one.

Go to Layers -> Rotate / Zoom... and there you can make the adjustment with real time feedback.

[Piatzin]

Pllllaaaannnneeeee

[XB-70A]

28 minutes ago, Earthlinger said:

Pllllaaaannnneeeee

Wow, the Norwegian's livery is really beautiful with such natural lights. Were you on the way to a Mediterranean location? Just curious as Juliet Oscar is frequently assigned to this sector.

[Piatzin]

1 minute ago, XB-70A said:

Were you on the way to a Mediterranean location?

The picture was taken in Oslo, actually, on the way to Helsinki

10 minutes ago, XB-70A said:

Just curious as Juliet Oscar is frequently assigned to this sector.

What? Who?

[XB-70A]

2 minutes ago, Earthlinger said:

The picture was taken in Oslo, actually, on the way to Helsinki

Aaaah, interesting, thanks for the answer. Surprising, as I remember having saw her multiple time in Nice some years ago, and her flight history is showing that she flew to Alicante, Mallaga, Mallorqua, Split, and Tenerife recently.

 

6 minutes ago, Earthlinger said:

What? Who?

The 737-800 on the picture  Looking closely at the front section the last three letters of the registration EI-FJO (Echo-India-Fox'-Juliet-Oscar) are painted over the windshield.

[Piatzin]

4 minutes ago, XB-70A said:

The 737-800 on the picture  Looking closely at the front section the last three letters of the registration EI-FJO (Echo-India-Fox'-Juliet-Oscar) are painted over the windshield.

Ah okay

5 minutes ago, XB-70A said:

Her flight history is showing that she flew to Alicante, Mallaga, Mallorqua, Split, and Tenerife recently.

[tater]

Went by the airport while my wife was rounding at the hospital. The C-17 was not alone, 3 of them took off, starting their rolls while the one in front was still on the runway.

 

Edited April 15, 2018 by tater

[XB-70A]

On 4/14/2018 at 1:57 PM, Earthlinger said:

Dang... it makes me laugh for about 30 seconds... 

 

@tater , really nice pictures, I don't know what I would give to see an Osprey for the first time, even more during the transition maneuver.

 

 

About the topic, here is a small compilation of my favorite pictures of the last six months around the Space Center with nine different launches (I stupidly missed SBIRS GEO-4 on 19 Jan as I simply forgot to press the REC button hard enough):

- 11 October 2017 - Echostar 105 - Falcon 9 v1.2

 

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- 15 December 2017 - Dragon CRS-13 - Falcon 9 v1.2

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If only this horrible power line wasn't there.

 

 

- 07 January 2018 - ZUMA - Falcon 9 v1.2

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The main stage descending. Terrible resolution at night, but it's the only one I averagely like.

 

 

- 31 January 2018 - GovSat 1 - Falcon 9 v1.2

 

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- 06 February 2018 - Tesla Roadster Toward Mars - Falcon Heavy

 

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- 01 March 2018 - GOES-S - Atlas V 541

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- 06 March 2018 - Hispasat 30W-6 - Falcon 9 v1.2

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- 02 April 2018 - Dragon CRS-14 - Falcon 9 v1.2

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- 15 April 2018 - AFSPC 11 - Atlas V 551

 

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I hope I will be able to catch some better ones tomorrow for TESS.

[tater]

I’d trade ospreys flying over all the the time for just one SpaceX launch.

[qzgy]

I'd trade.... IDK what considering how little apparently happens aerospace related near my house apparently... to see either of those things.

[XB-70A]

I bought a new (and much more stable) tripod for the camera some days ago, so I went back to Playalinda to test it a bit.

The pictures are still really affected by thermal radiations and the distance from the installations, but it's the closet spot open to everybody.

The Falcons Nest, approximately at 5.6 km SSE. With a pelican, but still.

The SLC-37, dedicated to Delta IV M & H is just behind.

 

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From left to right: SLC-41 (with the four lightning masts), the Atlas V's assembly building (at the right of the elevated tank), SLC-39A (the high structure behind the LH2 tank), SLC-40 (with only three masts in sight), and the still desert SLC-39B.

 

Another view to show how "close" we are.

Some pictures of the same installations, but zoomed in:

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SLC-41

 

Atlas' assembly building.

 

SLC-39A and the masts of the SLC-40.

 

SLC-39B

 

 

I was expecting to catch the next F9 static burn from here on the 30th, but as it has been delayed to the 1st I'm not really sure if I will able to do it now.

[StrandedonEarth]

My wife started digging through a box of pictures  today, and dug up some old ones. I guess my collection of old pictures got tossed in with hers, and maybe some my mom dumped on me. I found some old gems that I hadn't seen in for-ev-er. This is one of my favorites, from back in '91 I think. My one and only jump...

I was the last one out of the plane, so I got the best pic because the instructor held the camera.

[tater]

Why would you jump out of a perfectly good airplane?