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Endeavor to the Beyond This photo was a bit of an accident. I was as close as humanly possible to the launch, on the edge of the media area in the NASA compound. When the shuttle blasts off, there is a long delay before you hear the thing. Right when I took this, the first staccato wave ripped through my skeleton. I think I just hit the trigger out of fear and shock combined! But, it came out pretty good, all the same. - Trey Ratcliff Read the rest here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Final Night of the Space Shuttle I was completely soaked after laying in mosquito-invested waters for an uncomfortably long time. At one point, a concerned French news reporter came up to me and said, "Excuse me, but you're quite covered in bugs." It must have been pretty bad for him to come over and say that... I think perhaps he thought I was dead because I stayed in the same position for so long, trying to zen-focus on the shot. This is the Space Shuttle Atlantis, in case you do not know. It's also the final space shuttle launch, ever. So, it's incredibly special, and I'm happy I got to spend time with the ship on its final night.- Trey RatcliffRead more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Sun Busting Through Stormclouds at NASA I was in the Tweetup tent doing something terribly important but completely inscrutable when Stu Maschwitz came in and told me that the storm clouds were breaking upon our shores. So I got my little rig and went outside to see the matter. We get these kind of huge powerful summer clouds in Texas too. The kind that roll in on a too-hot day and you have a feeling that something powerful is a-comin'. You tie down the cows and take the favorite sheep down to the basement because it's gonna be a long night... The sun darted in and out of the clouds, and I grabbed it just as it peeked through a small hole it tore in the thunderhead. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Endeavor Lifts Off So, when I took this, I was using two different cameras. The first one was my D3X with the 28-300mm lens on a tripod, and that is how I got this one. It’s an HDR from a single RAW. Not long after this, the buffer filled up and it started to shoot slowly, so I went to my second camera around my neck, the D3S with a 50mm prime. And I got this shot. - Trey Ratcliff Read the rest of this entry here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Shuttle Prepares On the day before the launch, I was ushered out a few football fields away from the shuttle. It was surreal being so close, even though I wanted to be closer...closer...closer.... but the 28-300 (See the Nikon 28-300 Review) was plenty lens enough to get in tight so you can see all the details of the shuttle and the launch facility skunkworks... See all my NASA shots here... - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Girl in Ocean I got this 600mm from BorrowLenses.com to take photos of the shuttle on my first trip. Since the shuttle didn't take off, Scott and I decided to go to the beach and take photos of girls from a distance like real creeps. I openly admit it... we looked downright creepy up there with two huge lenses, peering in every which direction until we saw something interesting. Then I saw this gal splashing around in the waves with her friends... seemed like a good subject so I took a few shots. With the 600mm I was so far away, that she would have had no idea I was taking them. This made it all feel even more sketchy, but, you know, having said all that, I'm quite happy with the shot. - Trey Ratcliff Read the rest here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Mighty Rocket Rests I had some time during the day while at NASA to visit the Kennedy Space Center. Inside was the insanely huge Saturn V rocket. It's one of those things that would hurt like hell if you dropped it on your toe. The shuttle only has one more launch before it is forever mothballed, like this... The final launch of the Atlantis is on July 8, the first day of my 40th revolution around the sun. That's kinda cool I think... - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Beautiful Space Shuttle Blooms Inside a Cloud As soon as the Endeavour worm-holed into the cloud layer, the strange staccato-bass of torn air came skipping across the water into the press area. The sound was not at all what I expected, but it was awesome dot com. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at stuckincustoms.com.
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