Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ƒ/6.3
340 mm
1/4,000
500

A Boy Scout troop with matching red shirts march out to retrieve their Estes rockets as the Honest John rocket rumbles off.

(I lent a hand in the final assembly back at the launch line; it has several flawless flights to its credit)

6 responses to “Be Prepared”

  1. Erik Charlton Avatar
    Erik Charlton

    Great shot!

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  2. Duncan Rawlinson - Duncan.co Avatar
    Duncan Rawlinson – Duncan.co

    I like the people in the foreground on this one.

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  3. Todd Huffman Avatar
    Todd Huffman

    Beautiful.

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  4. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    thanks…. I am increasingly enamored with foreground elements for scale. Will look for more of those.

    P.S. There was no crop off the top of this photo.. Barely kept it in frame…

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  5. Chris Anderson Photos Avatar
    Chris Anderson Photos

    Great shot Steve. How far away from the rails were the Scouts? I’m assuming it was a sufficiently safe distance but am wondering how much the lens is compressing the DOF.

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  6. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Looking at the photo again, they were nowhere as close as it seems. It is perspective compression at 340mm. The rocket is about 2x their height… but I don’t know the distance as I was at an oblique angle to the flight line.

    Oh, and here is a video of the flight line, taken by RC helicopter.

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