It's not always a straight line as one might expect

Last weekend we attended high power rocket launches at Friends of Amateur Rocketry, a private rocket launch facility in the Mojave Desert, California. I was invited to take photos of a test launch by a commercial rocket startup on Sunday. On Saturday many student teams launched their rockets, and did static fire tests of rocket motors. This is the smoke trail of a high power rocket seen straight up. Winds aloft quickly convert the straight line into a wiggly line.

 

I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, merged them selectively, and carefully adjusted color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

 

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-- ƒ/6.3, 55 mm, 1/1000 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, SEL-55210, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC1977_hdr1pho1bal1f.jpg

-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

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