The random pictures of evilmike
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I was trying to guess at a theme for all the pictures posted up to that point.
--Patrick
It's last night's SpaceX launch of a resupply flight to the space station.
The picture is from about 30 miles south of the launch pad (which gives you some idea where I am). I would have tried for a closer vantage point, but the weather only had a favorable probability of 60%. Those sort of probabilities usually end up as "launch scrubbed followed by rain on the way home."
Unfortunately, the level of activity is not what it once was, but there is still some. This October is unusually active: a global positioning satellite, a ISS supply mission test, and a military launch at the end of the month.
The last two pictures are on a Canon 60D with a 70mm-300mm lens. (I'm still trying to work up the learning curve on that camera.)
The earlier pictures were done with an old Fuji s100fs. It's a pretty good bridge camera, but it does have a number of quirks.
I desperately want a higher end Camera. My cannon 550D isnt BAD...it...it just can't do some things that I want it to.