Preparing for flight

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Greetings. Shot this a couple years ago & processed it about a year ago with Topaz Adjust and my usual gamut of curves adjustments. (Hope to have time for new work soon)... One of those challenging to get under 200K...

After 20 years of working for NASA, I was happy to get an assignment that required a trip to Kennedy Space Center and a tour of the Vehicle Assembly Building where two Shuttle launch stacks were being constructed.



This is toward the beginning of putting together the Shuttle launch stack. The two cylinders at the bottom of the image are the solid rocket boosters and the bracing in the middle is where the large orange external fuel tank is placed with the Orbiter on the far side.

The ceiling of the VAB (in blue top center) is about 50 stories away with the top of the bracing about 25 stories to give you a sense of the size. There is also a person visible in the lower right corner (red short sleeve shirt).

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,

-Yamo-

[Christopher Miller]

Neat, Michael! Amazing how tall the interior of that building is! :) Great detail. It looks like an HDR shot.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Michael, love the details and the colors. Nice work!

[denise ippolito]

Michael, Very nice details and light. I like the way you were able to show so much w/ the shooting angle. I might take a teeny tiny sliver off the top to give it a cleaner edge-Nicely done.:)

[Kerry Perkins]

Good capture Michael. What a thrill that must have been! Nice colors and detail and the DOF is quite good. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[Indranil Sircar]

Great to see the interior of the Vehicle Assembly Building. I like the light and the details. Excellent DOF.. it almost has a three dimensional feel to it. TFS.