For a long time I've lurked on this list, enjoying the pictures; now it is time to contribute.
I've always been bugged by the camera shot of the launch of the shuttlecraft from the Hanger Deck. If you look at it, it is two separate shots. The first one is of the shuttlecraft rotating. The second is of the launch itself. It was never a continuous camera shot. There was always a cutaway in the middle of the sequence to something like Spock looking pensive to allow for the camera change. Making matters worse, two different lenses were used. The lens for the second half was a wider angle zoom lens. That changed the perspective between the two shots. Also affected were the size of the components of the Hanger Deck. Finally, the lighting was different between the two scenes, giving us completely different colors and brightness.
I have done my best to correct for these differences in a sequence of screen caps I have created called
Hanger Deck launch. About the only thing I couldn't correct for was the fact the camera was physically lower in the second half. That difference is minor but remains. I think my new sequence of screen caps presents the launch of the shuttlecraft as originally envisioned, not as shot. Certainly this is how I saw it in my mind's eye when I first watched Star Trek.
A 1024 x 768 version of
Hanger Deck launch is available
here. You'll have to click a couple of times on the picture to take it up to full size. If you want a 1280 x 960 version of
Hanger Deck launch , it is
here. Again, a couple of clicks are necessary to resize the picture. If you want to see the nuts and bolts of my creation, go
here. You'll find both the original and modified screen caps at this site. Finally, you might enjoy my whole
Star Trek sequences site. I have created over twenty sequences covering most of the Star Trek series. They can all be found
here.
In case the hypertext above doesn't work for you, just go here and surf:
http://startreksequences.fotopic.net/
There you'll find all of the stuff mentioned above.
In fact, I'm at work today and viewing your stuff. It's Columbus Day here below the longest undefended border in the world. 
Good stuff! (Warped9, I didn't realize you were so talented artistically... want to do a panel next year at TT? 
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