Tuesday, 18th March 2008
Space Shuttle
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.
Space Shuttle by James Fougere was photo of the day on Tuesday, 18th March 2008. It is tagged Fire, Night, Smoke, Transport. You can leave a comment below.
22 Comments
Goncalo Lemos
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
this is an incredible shot!! WOW!!
Anurag
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
very nice and sharp shot, it is really a great moment.
Pauline Jones
When I grow up I want to be an astronaut: cool picture by the way.
Teresa Teixeira
Love this night shot! The light and reflections are fantastic! A different subject anyway!
Ann
Love this shot the colours are wonderful.
elaine
Awesome!!
Ellie
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
You have captured a great shot James! well done!
James
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
Spectacular shot… well done!
Yanaar Lee
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
Great action shot!
Jacob Maentz
Stunning image and great capture! I like the different types of pictures being chosen for Earthshots.
Srirama Raja
Wow. Nice picture. Wish I could be there for one of these launches.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
Excellent … An amazing, extraordinary and rare shot. Wow!
Su
This certainly has the wow factor and not too many people will be able to capture it. Awesome.
mike
Very cool scene.
Joanne Bradley
This is an incredible shot, impressive exposure!
Su
Wish I would have seen that for myself.
Renee
vey great shot!