Sikorsky CH-53 - All Variants

[Barry Griffiths]

Super capture, Daniel - great photo!

[Jeff D. Welker]

Black Gold

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[Joe Copalman]

HERE WE GO 'ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH

[Scott Youmans]

"In case you didn't notice there's a 40,000 pound, 8,000 horsepower, flying monster behind that tree over there on the left."

Joe, what a great shot! Your Sigma (I'm assuming) serves you well.

[Joe Copalman]

Thanks Scott.  Cheap-o Canon 75-300 (the ancient, non-IS version) on my XTi, actually.

I actually hated this shot when I took it.  This was the last -53D that came in during the daylight, and I wanted to make sure I got solid shots of it departing since I was pretty sure it was the last opportunity I'd have to shoot one.  I figured it was going to depart on the same azimuth it came in on, so I walked a ways down to get set up for a mostly side-on shot of it in that low-angle golden-hour light with minimal shadow on the airframe.  The tree obstructed my view of it on the ground, but I was fine with that, since it was supposed to (in my mind, at least) go straight out.  Instead, it turned right immediately after lifting off and headed right toward me.  There were so many people and cars in the parking lot that I couldn't reposition, and even if I could, everything happened too fast.  

The actual image has the aircraft more or less "wings"-level.  I rotated it fairly aggressively to give it the appearance of a nap-of-the-earth, whipping-around-the-trees flight profile.  I like the result, but I'm still kicking myself a bit over missing the shot I wanted.  Lemonade from a lemon, I guess.

[F-16_fixer]

CH-53E Super Stallion by Chris Heising, on Flickr

[josephea6]

CH-53D from HMH-363 leaving Kiwanis Park during WTI 1-12.

[Scott Youmans]

53D

[josephea6]

Nice angle on that one Scott.

[Scott Youmans]

Hammerhead 00 - HMH-366 CH-53E....(Now modified with the correct date!)

[Scott Youmans]

Super Stallion

[Matt Ottosen]

Really, really nice, Scott!

[Scott Youmans]

Thanks Matt!

[Joe Copalman]

Bloody 'ell, that's nice.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Super Stallion

Sorry, but I just got a boner. You are simply killing it with the A2A Scott. If you keep this up I'll like have to sell my 1DMk4. I mean seriously, does it get any better