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Chinook helicopter of Dutch army on the Beekhuizerzand UN site.

Chinook helicopter of Dutch army on the Beekhuizerzand UN site.
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Canon EOS 5D

settings

Aperture 9/1 ISO 160 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 105/1

upload_date

Dec, 2016

Views

382

Likes

+15

Awards

People's Choice in Helicopter original pic and edited Photo Challenge

People's Choice in Motion blur Photo Challenge

Peer Award

Magnificent Capture

Superb Composition

Absolute Masterpiece

Outstanding Creativity

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Categories

Platinum

Are you trying to be funny entering this into the "Breathtaking Views" photo challenge or was it a mistake? Ha, Ha.

It was not intended to be funny of a mistake! I thought it could be a original interpretation of a breathtaking view.
For sure it was breathtaking and a view both from my side of view as well from the view of the helicopter personal. But when you only like breathtaking views in landscaping photographs I probably have some others for you. Ho, ho!

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Behind The Lens

Location

The image is made on the "Beekhuizerzand" near Harderwijk (Netherlands). In this part of the Veluwe forest there are sand dunes. This part of the forest is a militairy training site for UN military.

Time

Around noon (12:00 hr). That's the time the Cinook helicopters often come over and land on the sandplain.

Lighting

I knew before I liked a image like this. So I took a short shutterspeed, set the image stabilizer of the lens on tracking horizontaal movements and took some trial shots before. When the helicopter came over I only had to focus and track (which is not easy with a fast moving object and heavy lens).

Equipment

Canon 5D1, 100-400 L lens + 1.4 x teleconverter, pol filter.

Inspiration

I wanted the movement captured.

Editing

No post-processing took place. Just canon DPP program to develop the CR2 RAW image into a JPG.

In my camera bag

Canon 5D1, Sigma 24-105 ART, 100-400 L, 1.4x convertor, macro-ring, extra batteries, tripod, mono-pod, 1000 ND-filter, Pol filters, ND-grad filter.

Feedback

1 - Take time to set your camera. 2 - Take some trial shots. 3 - Look what background you want. 4 - Be aware for dust when changing lenses.

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Chinook helicopter of Dutch army on the Beekhuizerzand UN site.

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