Too busy chasing stars
I was invited to take photos of a big rocket launch by a space startup company at Friends of Amateur Rocketry, a private rocket launch facility in the Mojave Desert in California. The team worked through the night to get the rocket ready, first in the shop, then at the launch pad. I calculated that the sun would hit the rocket at 6:50am in the morning with a 1º margin, and the team adjusted the launch time accordingly. The sun hit the rocket during the 20 sec automated countdown.
The rocket took off with a big roar; we could feel the sound in our tummy. We were a mere 300 ft (100m) away from the launch area, safely in bunkers. This rocket had an S-size solid motor, producing 8 tons of thrust at liftoff, and 20 G acceleration. It reached 188,000 ft, about 6 times higher than the cruising altitude of commercial aircraft, and flew up to 4 times faster than sound.
I processed a photographic and a realistic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/6.3, 82 mm, 1/3200 sec, ISO 1000, Sony A6000, SEL-55210, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC8451_hdr1pho1rea1i.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
Too busy chasing stars
I was invited to take photos of a big rocket launch by a space startup company at Friends of Amateur Rocketry, a private rocket launch facility in the Mojave Desert in California. The team worked through the night to get the rocket ready, first in the shop, then at the launch pad. I calculated that the sun would hit the rocket at 6:50am in the morning with a 1º margin, and the team adjusted the launch time accordingly. The sun hit the rocket during the 20 sec automated countdown.
The rocket took off with a big roar; we could feel the sound in our tummy. We were a mere 300 ft (100m) away from the launch area, safely in bunkers. This rocket had an S-size solid motor, producing 8 tons of thrust at liftoff, and 20 G acceleration. It reached 188,000 ft, about 6 times higher than the cruising altitude of commercial aircraft, and flew up to 4 times faster than sound.
I processed a photographic and a realistic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
See photos of this event on FB at bit.ly/3xdBlNH
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/6.3, 82 mm, 1/3200 sec, ISO 1000, Sony A6000, SEL-55210, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC8451_hdr1pho1rea1i.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography