Comments on: More STS-118

By: Dave: The Spaceman!

Dave: The Spaceman! — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:42:08 +0000

Yes, Thank You! Very nice pic.

By: BlogD

BlogD — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:41:24 +0000

Thank you! Wonderful source!

By: thomas

thomas — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:22:49 +0000

the STS-118 mission image gallery links off here : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/multimedia/index.html

By: BlogD

BlogD — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:56:06 +0000

Thomas:

If I could Photoshop all of them them, I would. But, as in the image in the post before this one, you put the logo over the Earth, and that can’t be Photoshopped without leaving a scar.

If you could provide links to the main sources of the hi-res raw images, that would be great. Thanks!

By: Eric Hartwell

Eric Hartwell — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:53:11 +0000

Actually, that picture (ISS015-E-21944) *was* taken during STS-118, almost certainly by the same photographer. Iit has an ISS designation because it was taken with an ISS camera, or downloaded from the ISS. It’s half of a panorama (see ISS015-E-21945). NASA says it was “taken by a crewmember during the mission’s first planned” EVA so it would have to be by either Rick Mastracchio or Dave Williams. My personal theory is that they knew I needed a knockout cover for my Space Shuttle 2008 wall calendar…

By: thomas

thomas — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:18:51 +0000

i know… i am always tempted to run the un-altered images as well, but then that is more posting and prepping and more files. i already am trying to make landscape wallpapers as well as more standard 1024×768 ones and now also the super-sized version. then there is the iPhone set. i have to draw a line somewhere.

i am a designer and half the fun for me is the formatting of all these into a cohesive collection. i also have to alter images a bit sometimes to remove noise, or just to fill the “canvas” and i kind of hate the idea of doing that and not making note of it on the piece for disclosure.

then there is credit for the freelancers who make many of these.

but i hear you… some people don’t care if its STS-119 and don’t need it labeled as TARGET: EARTH. but you know, many times that just happens in the black spaces. open up photoshop and have at it!

the sources are all over the place. maybe i should jsut provide links to where i find these things.

By: BlogD

BlogD — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:46:48 +0000

I love the images, but I really don’t like logos, text, or other elements that are not part of the original image. Where do you get your source material so I can get the clean version?

Thanks.