SpaceX Falcon 9 reaching for orbit
We went to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest near Bishop, California. It is home to the oldest trees in the world - some of the bristlecone pines exceed 4000 years of age.
We left after sunset. Driving into the beginning of the night I noticed a faint red line going straight up into the sky facing south. I stopped our van so that we could watch this unusual scene. The line turned into a red glow - at that time I knew it was a rocket launch. I suspected a SpaceX launch from southern California, but was not sure. The red glow turned into a white cone. The cone grew and grew to an enormous size (see previous photo) - it's the ever expanding exhaust gases, illuminated by the sun. Later on, the big gas cloud became dimmer and dimmer, and you could see the rocket climb higher and higher into orbit. I took this handheld shot with the f/0.95 Dream Lens. It was a jaw dropping event!
Later on I found out that it was a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at 07:21 pm local time. It successfully delivered Argentina's SAOCOM-1A Earth-observation satellite to orbit.
I processed a soft HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive feedback.
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-- ƒ/0.95, 50 mm, 0.6 sec, ISO 2000, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC4070_hdr1sof1j.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
SpaceX Falcon 9 reaching for orbit
We went to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest near Bishop, California. It is home to the oldest trees in the world - some of the bristlecone pines exceed 4000 years of age.
We left after sunset. Driving into the beginning of the night I noticed a faint red line going straight up into the sky facing south. I stopped our van so that we could watch this unusual scene. The line turned into a red glow - at that time I knew it was a rocket launch. I suspected a SpaceX launch from southern California, but was not sure. The red glow turned into a white cone. The cone grew and grew to an enormous size (see previous photo) - it's the ever expanding exhaust gases, illuminated by the sun. Later on, the big gas cloud became dimmer and dimmer, and you could see the rocket climb higher and higher into orbit. I took this handheld shot with the f/0.95 Dream Lens. It was a jaw dropping event!
Later on I found out that it was a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at 07:21 pm local time. It successfully delivered Argentina's SAOCOM-1A Earth-observation satellite to orbit.
I processed a soft HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive feedback.
Thank you for visiting - ♡ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
-- ƒ/0.95, 50 mm, 0.6 sec, ISO 2000, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC4070_hdr1sof1j.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography