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[HAB911]

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Many of you have seen this photo taken August 30, 1984 at Kennedy Space Center. While installing a telephone office to serve the VAB and shuttle processing area, I was invited to a VIP viewing area for the launch. This was taken with a Nikon F2 and 500mm mirror lens on Ektachrome. At the time, I debated whether to use Ektachrome or Kodachrome, but wasn’t sure there would be light for Kodachrome 25 or 64. I’m afraid I should have chosen the 64 instead. Oh for a time machine?

I am printing this photo on aluminum at 25” x 42”. I have previously printed two photos on aluminum, shown below the shuttle, both at 21” x 54” sized to fit specific locations. These are very durable and can even be weatherproof for mounting outside. I use a lab in Miami and have been very satisfied with their product. Hope you enjoy!
See the slideshow of the entire launch sequence here: https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/A-LITTLE-BIT-OF-EVERYTHING/NASA



See the slideshow of several Panorama photos here
https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/A-LITTLE-BIT-OF-EVERYTHING/PANORAMA

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Wow, my dear HAB911! What a great slideshow. So many moving parts; absolutely fascinating.

Thank you!

[HAB911]

3. LOL!

that was a time where it was, shutter click, ratchet the film forward, shutter click, ratchet, shutter click, ratchet.............as fast as my little thumb could go!

[3Hotdogs]

2. Aluminum prints --- beautiful. But they can be damaged if dropped or banged on the edges.

They are not childproof.

[HAB911]

4. oh for sure

hard plastic flush mount is probably the best, foamcore is the most fragile, I have some of those that have bent corners. I used to frame everything, but I think the gallery aesthetic today is frameless, at least at Habanero House

[George McGovern]

5. wow Wow WOw WOW WOWOHWOW

My favorite in the launch sequence is the next to last image, in which the rocket is lit up like a pure white streak and the shuttle is side-on to your lens. Wow!

According to google images, this is a photo of a Red-shouldered Hawk.
Your entire sequence of birds in flight is quite amazing.

Thanks for the slideshows!

[HAB911]

6. thanks george!

I have the series of the launch printed as 5 x 7 and mounted vertically, again for a specific location in the house they fit snugly. I enjoy combining the series of stills like the birds in flight. It helps if the background is the same color and saturation, otherwise it is tedious to transfer the precise subject from one shot to the combination shot. I did that for some moon/plane shots as well, to show actual movement of both.