Pima Air & Space Museum Night Shoot - April 12, 2014

[Matt Ottosen]

As always, another awesome night shoot at PASM, thanks to everyone who helped put this together!

Did a little playing around with my new Triggertrap app on my phone, using my Samsung Galaxy S4 to control my Nikon D7000.
This is 11 five-minute images stacked in Startrails.

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
NASA "Vomit Comet"

[Matt Ottosen]

"Paging Mr. Hankey, please proceed directly to Gate PASM 12, or pick up a white courtesy phone, your aircraft is boarding."

[Joe Copalman]

DUCK DYNASTY

[Joe Copalman]

"Paging Mr. Hankey, please proceed directly to Gate PASM 12, or pick up a white courtesy phone, your aircraft is boarding."

Ha!  This one is awesome.  Very well seen.  Cool star trail shot too!

[Matt Ottosen]

Ha!  This one is awesome.  Very well seen.  Cool star trail shot too!

Thanks Joe!  After using the facilities, I turned around and saw this out the window.  It looked like an old airport terminal to me, so I couldn't pass it up and not use a Mr. Hankey reference.

I'm pleased with the star trails shot too, and I'm very happy with Triggertrap.  This was the first time I have used it, and I'm looking forward to really putting it to the test sometime soon.

[Matt Ottosen]

DUCK DYNASTY

Very cool, Mr. Copalman!

[Joe Copalman]

I had a hard time with this shot because Star Trails uses a tool very similar to the "lighten" feature in photoshop, and on one of my frames, Dave had shined a light on the nose just under the cockpit to get a point to focus on in the dark (and he was awesome enough to call me before he did so to ask if it was alright) and - okay, I just mentally figured out how to do this better so will give it another go later today.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Very nice star trails gentlemen. After Kaspar teaches me to do timelapse, you'll need to teach me astro trickery  

Matt - Your Connie shot is terrific.

[Matt Ottosen]

Very nice star trails gentlemen. After Kaspar teaches me to do timelapse, you'll need to teach me astro trickery  

Matt - You Connie shot is terrific.

Thanks Jeff!

[John B.]

Thanks everyone for coming out for the night shoot.  It was a nearly perfect evening with great moonlight and comfortable weather.  I can't wait to see more images--and I can't wait to actually start processing mine!

[Jeff D. Welker]

Thanks everyone for coming out for the night shoot.  It was a nearly perfect evening with great moonlight and comfortable weather.  I can't wait to see more images--and I can't wait to actually start processing mine!

Thanks John for helping to make this happen; this old man is very appreciative of your efforts. The night photography gatherings at PASM have quickly become one of my very favorite photo-ops. I hope I never wear-out my welcome.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Just as the setting sun was bathing PASM's English Electric F.53 Lightning with near perfect golden light, our favorite vagrant California aviation photographer photo-bombed my carefully framed image and performed some type of unnatural act      

I'm confident that Ken will be happy to autograph 8x10 glossies upon request    

[Dave S.]

Thanks everyone for coming out for the night shoot.  It was a nearly perfect evening with great moonlight and comfortable weather.  I can't wait to see more images--and I can't wait to actually start processing mine!

Having spent most of today officiating at my daughter's swim meet, I too can't wait to get started working on my shots from last night.  The bar has been set pretty high with the shots that have been posted.

[Dave S.]

I had a hard time with this shot because Star Trails uses a tool very similar to the "lighten" feature in photoshop, and on one of my frames, Dave had shined a light on the nose just under the cockpit to get a point to focus on in the dark (and he was awesome enough to call me before he did so to ask if it was alright) and - okay, I just mentally figured out how to do this better so will give it another go later today.

Wow, after learning last night that you were using an 8 mm fisheye at the time, and now seeing this shot, I'm pretty sure I ended up inadvertently photo-bombing multiple frames in this group - in addition to providing one or two flashlight illuminated highlights around the cockpit area.  Sorry 'bout that!

[Jay Beckman]

Very nice work Gents...

Sorry to have not been able to play this time.