Rocket Photography

8 responses to “Rocket Photography”

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   heet_myser

   Sep 4, 2008 at 6:33 pm

   The Nikon thing is puzzling, though I’ve been impressed with the shots I’ve seen here from the D40.

   I appreciate that this shot gives a sense of scale for these rockets. When I see them off on the launch pad with no other reference, they look just like my old Estes models. So not the case. I do know what the L in LDRS stands for, after all.

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   jurvetson

   Sep 4, 2008 at 6:39 pm

   I agree… I try to find a foreground element for scale if I can… but we are often launching in wide open spaces. Trucks are great props… and the perspective compression of telephoto can make for an alarming shot:

   

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   nhr

   Sep 4, 2008 at 11:16 pm

   > We like to get close to get a better shot through the humid air.

   Good approach.

   "If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough" — Robert Capa

   (But keep in mind how Capa died, though)

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   jurvetson

   Sep 5, 2008 at 5:25 pm

   ouch. Must shoot Canon, not cannon…

   Here’s a launch video… You can see how far back the flight line is behind us.

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   rocketsapp

   Sep 8, 2008 at 4:56 pm

   Yeah we Nikon users are taking over… 🙂

   No offense ment when I was poking fun at ya though…

   Tim

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   Niall Oswald

   Sep 18, 2008 at 10:47 pm

   Seems to be the case elsewhere – pro sports too. It’s arguable that Nikon have a better line-up of high-speed cameras at the moment. D300 for example will do 8fps, which would be very nice for rocketry.

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   rocketsapp

   Sep 22, 2008 at 9:57 pm

   That is what I shoot with… it performed very well for the LDRS photos.

   Tim Sapp

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   ActiveOptics

   Dec 17, 2009 at 5:30 pm

   I shoot Canon with you Steve, you just need to come out to Colorado for a launch.

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