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Chinook dropped in last night!

 
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The Cameraman



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:20 am    Post subject: Chinook dropped in last night! Reply with quote

Hi Guys n Gals,

thanks to a heads up from my local airfield FISO's I had a chance to shoot a mighty Chinook helicopter last night and what a sight she made.

You couldn't even see the aircraft when it was 50m away, as it was total darkness but with a bit a strategic switching on of some security lights, and the juggling of a couple of the fire crew's vehicles, I managed to grab some shots.

What a beast.









Not something you see everyday.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 11:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have got to get me one of those!
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Brilliant pics CM, they occasionally fly over us. Amazing machines.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Howie,

cheers matey. It's amazing what you can get with 30 second exposure times!

As for getting a Chinook, if you saw the maintenance and fuel bills, you're decide on a works Honda MotoGP bike as being a far cheaper alternative!

We've got another Chinook that came in a couple of weeks a go and has 'gone tech', so it's being stripped down ready to leave by road transport. With a bit of luck I'll be shooting that aircraft on Wednesday evening - unless it's gone before I can return.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very impressive pictures !!!

30second exposure? WOWZERS
Closest I've ever got to that was when I switched from 100 to 400 film speed... Those where the days Smile
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Howie



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used to love photography, not so much taking pictures but developing them.

I had my own dark room with all the equiptment & chemicals. I would spend hours in it.

Then I saw what a proper professional could do & gave it up Embarassed

May explain my fascination with metal finishing?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Firstly, amazing pictures!
Secondly, howie maybe look at hydrodipping! Finishes and dipping Shocked
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The Cameraman



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 12:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Top-shaggy wrote:
Very impressive pictures !!!

30second exposure? WOWZERS
Closest I've ever got to that was when I switched from 100 to 400 film speed... Those where the days Smile


Hi Shaun,

as you'd expect I turned the ISO down to 100, where as most people would've expected me to use 6400 etc but for me the quality of the image is paramount and I'd rather take a shot at a slower speed (should conditions allow it), than lose definition.

Thanks for your kind words

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Howie wrote:
I used to love photography, not so much taking pictures but developing them.

I had my own dark room with all the equiptment & chemicals. I would spend hours in it.

Then I saw what a proper professional could do & gave it up Embarassed

May explain my fascination with metal finishing?


Hi Howie,

yeah I used to have my own darkroom but converted fully to digital in 1999 and have never looked back.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gillinghampaul wrote:
Firstly, amazing pictures!
Secondly, howie maybe look at hydrodipping! Finishes and dipping Shocked


Hi Paul,

cheers Matey.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great machines.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice pics, particularly like the illuminated cockpit
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