falcon over the back bay

trying this wide field composite of the entire falcon path over the back bay

by a stroke of luck, i managed to center the rocket's arc in the wide field frame.  next time i'll position more to the right to catch the arc centered over the water.  

close up shows the 1st stage trail with intermittent bursts below the rocket and a smaller trail of the fairings:

Imaging details:
Newport Back Bay
7/18/25 
approximately 19:55 - 19:59 Local
nikon D850
Sigma 15mm F/2.8 EX DG fisheye

video capture 30 frames/sec

this is and "artistic" composite of a video requiring a lot of work on photoshop

simulating one long exposure

the video was output to individual frames which were combined in groups of 500 in lighten mode

next came separate processing for the sky and foreground:

sky combined in lighten mode after airplane streaks removed

foreground combined in darken mode to remove car trails.

then final lightening of the sky and rocket trail with curves.  

if anyone has a better way to stack the video in lighten mode, please let me know