Gipsy Lady – (c) 2014 Gerard Blacklock
3 shot HDR, processed using Google’s +Nik Collection by Google
D750 coupled with 16-35mm f4 @ 28mm Aperture: f/8 and Shutter Speed: 1/250s (neutral frame) 1/2000s under exposed frame and 1/30s high key frame.
Out front: bigass chopper
a real mans helicopter has a mini cockpit in the back
Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane or more commonly known as the Erickson Skycrane.
Interesting thing about Erickson, the company, they have been steadily growing and with the announcement this year that they acquired Evergreen, yep thats the mob with the fire bombing 747’s š (ggogle it š ) i reckon they have gotta be the worlds biggest contractor/supplier of aircraft for fire fighting…
Anyway, I do enjoy, each year, the familiar sound of the Sikorsky S-64 rumbling over head as they come over here to help with the bush fire season.
I made good use of the tilt screen feature of the D750 here, a shot that I would have had to have my ass in the air and my face on the ground… not a good look on the airport, trust me.
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3 shot HDR, processed using Google’sĀ Nik Collection by Google
D750 coupled with 16-35mm f4 @ 28mm Aperture: f/8 and Shutter Speed: 1/250s (neutral frame) 1/2000s under exposed frame and 1/30s high key frame.
Out front: bigass chopper
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Brilliant shot …… great composition……beautiful image capture ……..
Lovely shot , and i would love a tilt screen on my 5D mk11. I'm often laying on the ground
Fantastic angle +Gerard Blacklock – I remember seeing these helicopters flying over the Illawarra a lot almost every summer
They're a big beast and the hefty beat from one flying over head is readily identifiable. A few come here from the us each year for our bushy season. Our first "hot" windy today marks the beginning of the countdown to the 2015 summer fire season.
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Thankyou +Arne Lepla and +June Ibrahim
+Edward Dirks its very very handy, especially in those situations where lying on the ground (ie water) is not a option, well a very attractive option anyway š
Thanks +Gabriel Komarnicki , they certainly are very distinctive š and big
cheers +Paul Pavlinovich , hopefully it's a quiet fire season, fingers crossed.
that would be nice, but it's already off to a rough start north of here so I don't hold a lot of hope
Great shot !!!
Beautiful photography and exellent work +Gerard Blacklock an honor to share it on +Georg Srama Photography