Shuttle Liftoff

faye

I was lucky to be in Fla for the Shuttle launch - what an amazing experience!

DaddyO

Wow, right there. Too cool. What lens? & what did it sound like for
as close as you were. The feel alone must have be something else.

faye

DaddyO wrote:

Wow, right there. Too cool. What lens? & what did it sound like for
as close as you were. The feel alone must have be something else.

Thank you! I had the Nikon 80-400 VR lens mounted on my D300. Hearing and feeling the shockwaves was awesome!

black mamba

As I live up the road in Jacksonville, I've been fortunate to have witnessed quite a few space launches. The most impressive were the moon launches, using the Saturn rockets. One, in particular, was most memorable. I was very close to the launch site in a boat. When the shock waves hit me, my shirt began to flap wildly. The sounds were from another world and the visual impact of the fire in the night sky was unforgetable.

I have never taken a single picture of any of the launches I watched.

Tom

DaddyO

faye wrote:

Thank you! I had the Nikon 80-400 VR lens mounted on my D300. Hearing and feeling the shockwaves was awesome!

Theres a lens with reach. Its reviews hold it in fairly high regard. & its
light. I need a problem like that.

Skippy

faye wrote:

I was lucky to be in Fla for the Shuttle launch - what an amazing experience!

Faye that would be a most amazing experience that so many will never ever see in their life time lucky you girl!

Great Shot ... Skippy
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faye

Tom - I have to agree with you on the Saturn V launches - I worked at KSC during the Apollo program and those engines got your attention!

Skippy - thank you!