Ever since I was young I have been fascinated by rockets and space. When I was around 6 years old, my parents took my brother and I on a vacation to Florida to go to Disney World, and while we were there, much to my excitement, we took a day trip to Kennedy Space Center. I was in awe at the grandeur of these flying machines that took our astronauts into orbit and beyond. Now here I am over twenty years later, getting to relive that as an adult. Time may have changed the space center, but the magic was still there.
I had spent my very rainy day at Kennedy Space Center, wandering about the exhibits taking photos and feeling like a kid again. I spent an exceptional amount of time in the Atlantis space shuttle building, it had me spellbound. After leaving the Atlantis building, I knew I wanted to get to the Saturn V Rocket facility and see that, but when I arrived to the bus station, it seemed that I missed the last tour bus. Fortunately I don’t give up that easy, and found out that there was one more bus that went directly where I wanted to be.
The hangar where the Saturn V Rocket, was massive housing what was supposed to be part of the cancelled Apollo 18 launch. The first sight I saw upon entering was the bottom of the first stage towering above my head. I immediately felt like a kid in a candy store and started exploring.
Behind The Scenes
Camera: Canon EOS M
Lens: Tokina 11-16
Focal Length: 11mm
ISO: 800
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/80th
The Tools: 15 Inch Macbook Pro
Location: Kennedy Space Center – Titusville, Florida
Other Good Stuff: Lightroom 5, Nik Color Efex Pro 4
Workflow: After adjusting contrast and exposure in Lightroom, I pulled this shot in Color Efex Pro 4 to bring out all the colors and apply a bit of softening around the engine shrouds.
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