Space Shuttle Discovery at the Udvar Haze Center - HDR

[Trblmkr]

Udvar Hazy Center - Air and Space Museum - Displays hundreds of aviation and space artifacts that are too large to exhibit in the museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., along with thousands of small flight-related artifacts.

The group I went with today had been given special permission to come in with tripods. This is never allowed during the normal hours because it cause to much trouble for people trying to get around the exhibits. When I took this picture it presented me with some unusual issues. Because we were there so early, the lights were in the process of coming on. So they were not up to their full brightness or their color. I had a mixture of really funky orange that couldn't be adjusted by selecting I white balance. I actually had to go into my camera and find the right Kelvin through trial and error to make it look right.

This was a combined shot of 3 exposures -2, 0, +2
1/6 @f/8
0.6 @f/8
2.5sec @f/8

ISO 100
AP mode


20140111 Udvar-Hazy Center 028 by Dan_Girard, on Flickr

 

[CaboWabo]

Nice and sharp !! Lucky you getting in with a tripod

 

[EOV]

Wow!

 

[Trblmkr]

Here's another shot from the back engine section.


20140111 Udvar-Hazy Center 031 by Dan_Girard, on Flickr

 

[snowbear101]

Nicely done.

 

[412 Burgh]

Cooked it just a bit.

 

[Parker219]

In the first photo, I the nose is too distracting. It is supposed to be black right?

I don't know if its the processing or just a color cast, but its a little off imo.

If you want, post the original 3 photos and maybe you can see what some other members come up with.

Personally, I like number 2 a lot better. To me, that is very nice.

 

[Trblmkr]

Cooked it just a bit.

Why do you say that ?? I've seen cooked, and I don't think I cooked it at all. So if you could be more specific I would appreciate.

 

[Trblmkr]

In the first photo, I the nose is too distracting. It is supposed to be black right?

I don't know if its the processing or just a color cast, but its a little off imo.

If you want, post the original 3 photos and maybe you can see what some other members come up with.

Personally, I like number 2 a lot better. To me, that is very nice.

Parker.
Actually if you've ever seen it up close, everything that you see is 'black' is shades of grey. Especially if it's part of the plane that absorbs the heat. I took some up close pictures of the tiles themselves and they are various shades of grey/black.

I don't have a problem posting the originals... not sure how to post them since I shot in RAW (14Meg files) and the JPEG's are well over 2 Meg each.. still to large to be uploaded here. So if you have a suggestion, I'd be more then happy to upload them for the forum to play with.

 

[Parker219]

Upload the jpegs to flick and then post them or resize the jpegs.

What we can do will not have the same detail as you, but at least we can try some different styles of processing. Thats not saying yours is bad, its saying the content is so cool that it might be cool to see as many versions as possible.

Did you take any photos further back? Or any other angles? Definitely post some more if you want.

 

[bc_steve]

the first one is nice, but I prefer the symmetry in the second one you posted

 

[Trblmkr]

here's my link to most if not all of what I took of the shuttle. There are a few more of the back half and of the wing section.

Have fun... Please just mention me as the Photographer for your edits..

Shuttle HDR - a set on Flickr

Thanks

 

[Parker219]

Are you going to do a version of the straight on shot that you did? Post it if you do. =-)

 

[Josh66]

Cooked it just a bit.

Why do you say that ?? I've seen cooked, and I don't think I cooked it at all. So if you could be more specific I would appreciate.

No offense, but it looks more like a colored pencil drawing than a photograph.

 

[Trblmkr]

No offense, but it looks more like a colored pencil drawing than a photograph.[/QUOTE]

Well the originals are loaded for you to play with.. have at it.