New "bird" in town.

ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,132 moderator
edited June 30, 2006 in Holy Macro
I live a block from the hospital, so I hear these come and go all the time, but this one sounds different. I've only seen it a few times.

I had time for 3 shots, and the second was in the trees (vantage wise, not that they hit the trees). They were taking off, low and fast.

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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2006
    It's fanthastic how the ... (?...) are frozen ...
    :): thumb.gif
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,132 moderator
    edited June 30, 2006
    Antonio Correia wrote:
    It's fanthastic how the ... (?...) are frozen ...
    :): thumb.gif

    Manual exposure, ISO 200, f2.8 (Canon 70-200mm, "L", but not IS), 1/1600 sec. I was more worried about the forward motion, and I only had a little time to prepare.

    Actually, I should have gone RAW because the scene was so wide in latitude. I had to build a really goofy looking Curve in PS to manage the highlights at all.

    Thanks,

    ziggy53
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  • THE TOUCHTHE TOUCH Registered Users Posts: 535 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2006
    Antonio Correia wrote:
    It's fanthastic how the ... (?...) are frozen ...
    :): thumb.gif

    Blades. :D
    Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein :bash

    - Kevin
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2006
    THE TOUCH wrote:
    Blades. :D
    That's it !
    I can remember now.
    Blades. Thank you thumb.gif
    My G5 is working now ... and I'm beginning to explore the thing ... :):
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,132 moderator
    edited June 30, 2006
    I was able to track the helicopter by its numbers (N136MF) and found some more images here (not mine of course):

    http://alecbuck.com/airambulance/mediagallery/album.php?aid=756&page=1

    Also a sister helicopter, the N135MF (previously the N135QC), has even more photos, showing the interior etc.

    http://alecbuck.com/airambulance/mediagallery/album.php?aid=755&page=1

    ziggy53
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2006
    ziggy53 wrote:
    I live a block from the hospital, so I hear these come and go all the time, but this one sounds different. I've only seen it a few times.

    I had time for 3 shots, and the second was in the trees (vantage wise, not that they hit the trees). They were taking off, low and fast.

    ziggy53

    Hi Ziggy, our Lab is directly across the street from 2 Hospitals and we see those huge Choppers come in and out quite a lot...... they have a couple that are bigger than the one in your shot, boy you can sure hear those things coming in for a landing, but what an awesome sight to see one come in ...... Skippy (Australia)
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