ISS Lunar Transit 20200531
The International Space Station passing between the Earth and the Moon. Photographed at 00:03 CDT on May 31, 2020 as the SpaceX Demo-2 Dragon capsule Endeavour approaches the station after launching 9 hours prior.
This transit lasted 0.61 seconds. Images captures on a Canon EOS R on 4K C-Log at 30 fps with individual frames exported as TIFF files and combined in Photoshop with a still image of the Moon. 1/1600sec, f8, ISO 1600.
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My submission to the "Your Worst Shot 2020" Flickr group.
It was a little difficult to determine what my "worst" shot was because I have thousands of outtakes from the year, but this image was my biggest disappointment. I had scouted the location by driving 3 hours a week prior to the transit time and arrived early to ensure my camera was all set up for the ISS transit. I timed the transit down to the fraction of a second with a countdown and once I checked my camera, it looked little more than a gnat flying across the face of the moon.
There's not much that I could have done to make it a better image as it all came down to how the space station was angling its solar arrays at the time, but that doesn't make the outcome any better.
ISS Lunar Transit 20200531
The International Space Station passing between the Earth and the Moon. Photographed at 00:03 CDT on May 31, 2020 as the SpaceX Demo-2 Dragon capsule Endeavour approaches the station after launching 9 hours prior.
This transit lasted 0.61 seconds. Images captures on a Canon EOS R on 4K C-Log at 30 fps with individual frames exported as TIFF files and combined in Photoshop with a still image of the Moon. 1/1600sec, f8, ISO 1600.
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My submission to the "Your Worst Shot 2020" Flickr group.
It was a little difficult to determine what my "worst" shot was because I have thousands of outtakes from the year, but this image was my biggest disappointment. I had scouted the location by driving 3 hours a week prior to the transit time and arrived early to ensure my camera was all set up for the ISS transit. I timed the transit down to the fraction of a second with a countdown and once I checked my camera, it looked little more than a gnat flying across the face of the moon.
There's not much that I could have done to make it a better image as it all came down to how the space station was angling its solar arrays at the time, but that doesn't make the outcome any better.