File:Demo 1 (DM1) by SpaceX (46389467255).jpg

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"Gaffers tape is your friend" or, "50.6 megapixels of fail" (alternate title)

I rented a Canon 5DS R for the SpaceX Demo1 launch. I used it at the pad for some very high-resolution shots of the Crew Dragon. For the launch, I assumed it would produce a photo superior to my "main" camera.

I had been watching the lightning over the Atlantic for the 45 minutes or so I was setting up, but for some reason, it took me until T minus 45 seconds to realize it might be possible to capture the lightning in a long-exposure launch streak. All I needed to do was pan right. After fighting with the tripod head for 25-seconds, I panned right. I didn't realize until approximately 234-seconds later that I had bumped the zoom from 16mm to 23mm, producing this image, the highest-resolution botched shot I've ever taken. (I missed the top two-thirds of the streak.)

Luckily I was also running my "main" camera (panned left) and that image came out alright, but, I didn't have any lightning in the picture.
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Author Michael Seeley from Melbourne, FL, United States

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Michael Seeley at https://flickr.com/photos/76093456@N04/46389467255 (archive). It was reviewed on 7 March 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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