Helicopter - all variants

phantomphan1974 · October 09, 2013, 08:01:12 AM

Yesterday up in Malibu, CA

LA County Fire "Copter 14" Bell 412 N14LA by PhantomPhan1974 Photography, on Flickr

Jay Beckman · October 31, 2013, 12:14:02 PM

Bulgarian Mi-24 Hind Cockpit
Fort Worth, TX October, 2013

Jay Beckman · November 01, 2013, 01:39:05 PM

Beastly...

Anna M. Wood · November 01, 2013, 02:52:03 PM

Jay,

What lens are you using for the cockpit shots?

Jay Beckman · November 01, 2013, 03:21:13 PM

Quote from: RenderBay on November 01, 2013, 02:52:03 PM
Jay,

What lens are you using for the cockpit shots?

EF 17-40mm f/4L is my widest glass but I'm on APS-H which is a 1.3X Crop so I'm not getting the full benefit.

Beastly, Too...

Scott Youmans · November 02, 2013, 06:08:17 PM

MD600

Jeff D. Welker · November 02, 2013, 06:58:21 PM

Very nice image Scott. Not our typical harsh summer lighting and the shadows don't interrupt the image dramatically. In addition, a terrific location for the shoot. Did you fly in with the helo or meet them onsite? Also, is this MD one of Flight Trails Helicopters out of Falcon? Seems like I've seen this one (or one very much like it) in their yard. Well done sir.

Scott Youmans · November 02, 2013, 09:12:06 PM

Thanks Jeff! Yes, it is one of Flight Trails' helos. They just re-built it and are selling it. They flew me out to that location to do some work for another firm.

Chris Janes · December 31, 2013, 06:35:53 PM

AS-350 by Chris Janes, on Flickr

Jeff D. Welker · December 31, 2013, 07:08:58 PM

^^^^ Very cool monochrome treatment Chris. I like how the fuselage has a soft glow that contrasts nicely against the background.

Scott Youmans · January 01, 2014, 09:46:53 PM

I'll second that motion! Also like the composition with the one blade out in the negative space. The photo makes the helo look very insect-like.

Tower Guy · January 05, 2014, 03:26:23 PM

Apocalypse Now by Tower Guy, on Flickr

azspyder · January 05, 2014, 08:06:16 PM

Awesome shot Harvey! I really like that formation...nice catch!

Tower Guy · January 05, 2014, 10:19:48 PM

Thanks Steve, I wasn't on the base when I took this. These people didn't seem to want their picture taken.

yipDog · January 07, 2014, 11:28:20 AM

Want to throw this out there to the group...

A friend contacted me about helping him find pics of a particular helicopter he is building an RC model of for the scale masters competition coming up later this year. Got me thinking about how to use the network of friends who are into photography and aviation. So this is a test run of how things might go.

He is looking for a Sikorsky H-34/S-58 in the Coast Guard white/red or red/white scheme or similar brightly colored. Doesn't have to be Coast Guard but must be a brightly colored rescue variant. So the first part of this is searching the memory banks and then hard drives to find a pic of one of these birds.

The next part, once that pic is deemed the correct bird, is to do walk-around and detail shots of that heli to document that what my friend is building is correct in every way. We would supply a list of shots needed...about 20 total. Not artsy stuff...just documenting.

There was a company years ago that supplied these photo packs to "fixed-wing" scale modelers but has since gone away. I don't recall ever seeing helis in their catalog.

There is a small amount of money to be made...and I mean small. There is, however, a large niche to be filled in the RC community for this type of work.

Please PM me if you are interested or have access to the heli mentioned above. Other birds he mentioned needing photo packs for are the Apache A and D models, and the Eurocopter AS350 in as crazy a color scheme as you can find.
The RC versions BTW are huge! His contest-winner from last year, a Bell 47, is almost 8 feet long with a 10 foot rotor!!

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