Space Shuttle by James Fougere

Tuesday, 18th March 2008

Space Shuttle Night Launch

by James Fougere

This is one of 13 images taken on March 11th, 2008 of the space shuttle Endeavour. This was a rare night launch. This image was taken from the NASA Causeway 6 miles from PAD39A - Kennedy Space Centre. 13 images were taken with in a 8 second time frame!!

Equipment: Sony alpha700 DSLR, Sony Gseries 300 mm F2.8 lens, 1.4X Teleconverter (420mm)

James Fougere

40 years of age, currently traveling throughout North America for 1 year. Planning to visit most of the national parks in North America.

17 Comments

Goncalo Lemos Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Wonderful night shot. I have always wanted to photograph the Space Shuttle and at it night makes it a little more special. Maybe next year
Regards from Portugal.
janet Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 4:56 am
this is an incredible shot!! WOW!!
Anurag Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 6:31 am
Nice shot, …..I like the echo of shape between the watertank and the overall shape formed by the shuttle and the reflection of its plume

Could have cropped a little from the sides.
Reuben Chircop Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 8:37 am
very nice and sharp shot, it is really a great moment.
Pauline Jones Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 10:17 am
When I grow up I want to be an astronaut: cool picture by the way.
Teresa Teixeira Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Love this night shot! The light and reflections are fantastic! A different subject anyway!
Ann Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Love this shot the colours are wonderful.
elaine Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Awesome!!
Ellie Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Whenever I go to Florida I think of how awesome it would be to see a launch like this much less get a photo (as great) as this!
Having the equipment and knowing how to get the best image shows in this one. WELL DONE!
Great choice POTD.
Renee Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
You have captured a great shot James! well done!
James Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Thank you for the nice comments!!
It was a bit stressful several minutes prior to launch! I was worried that someone would hit my tripod! As for the comment about cropping the sides of the image a bit more, it is a good point. Thank you. It was a great event to witness in person. I am glad I used a shutter release so I could watch the launch.

James..
Will Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Spectacular shot… well done!
Yanaar Lee Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Beautiful. Clearly a winner. I might try cropping a little off the lower reflections, and giving the shuttle more space in which to fly. But it’s really great the way it is. Thank-you.
David Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Great action shot!
Jacob Maentz Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Stunning image and great capture! I like the different types of pictures being chosen for Earthshots.
Srirama Raja Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Wow. Nice picture. Wish I could be there for one of these launches.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
March 21st, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Excellent … An amazing, extraordinary and rare shot. Wow!