Terrestrial-Astro Photography!

Hi everyone,
I was over in Florida with work a couple of weeks back and i couldn't resist the opportunity to visit the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral to see both shuttles Atlantis and Discovery on pads 39A and 39B side by side. Hope you like.

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2nd one's a beauty, what camera and lens were you using, just wondering how close were you allowed get

All 4 images were taken from one of the observation decks. I'm not sure of the exact distance. I'd say a few miles at the most. The image in question was taken with a Nikon D200 with 70-300mm VR zoom set at 300mm. The wide angle was taken with a 10-20mm Sigma Zoom set at 10mm.

Wide angle one is amazing, what kind of money would one of those lenses cost

Thanks for the kind words. I picked that lens up from a UK based dealer on ebay for €400.

Damn gantry is in the way... they couldn't have moved it for you for just 2 minutes James eh? Cool shots, love the sunshine especially.