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09-MAR-2012 © Walter O. Koenig

March 9

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Wrecked Helicopter

Went to the Annex of the Air & Space Museum at Gillespie Field today.
The facility consisting of several hangars and a few acres of open ground is used for restoring aircraft.
Could not resist shooting this Helicopter against the beautiful sky and cloudscape.
I don't know if this will be restored, but I would not put it past the guys working here, most of them are ex-military mechanics.
They are cool about twenty of us coming over for a morning photo shoot next month by the way.

Nikon D700 ,Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
1/400s f/11.0 at 14.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time09-Mar-2012 13:58:25
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D700
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length14 mm
Exposure Time1/400 sec
Aperturef/11
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance1.330 m

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Helen Betts12-Mar-2012 20:59
Fascinating contrast between the wreck and the spectacular sky. Well seen and captured! V.
Jeff Real11-Mar-2012 15:10
You have made a most impressive photograph ~V~
Buba Jafarli10-Mar-2012 13:57
Looks like a macro of big-eye fly! Excellent shot! V.
Guest 10-Mar-2012 13:31
Fantastic shot. Any idea what model this is? v
laine10-Mar-2012 11:51
It's great to see these...retirement doesn't mean chair sitting!!
Stephanie10-Mar-2012 11:19
Superb helicopter details & wide-angle image Walter! Love the blue sky too! :)) V
Tom LeRoy10-Mar-2012 10:12
Excellent perspective against this great blue sky. Looks like this one has seen a lot of use at one time. Might be a restoration piece. V
zyziza10-Mar-2012 09:21
Excellent pov and compo, v
Guest 10-Mar-2012 08:02
Excellent.Wonderful perspective .
Guest 10-Mar-2012 07:30
What an interesting shot with that sky as the background.
Bryan Murahashi10-Mar-2012 05:26
Fabulous photo of this broken helicopter. V
rousselziak10-Mar-2012 05:06
Excellent shot, love this angle ! -V-
Frank Brault10-Mar-2012 04:03
A fantastic point of view with that gorgeous sky. V
Carl Carbone10-Mar-2012 03:49
Great subject! Love the concept of the promising sky behind the wounded flyer.
LynnH10-Mar-2012 03:08
You were blessed with a fantastic sky! It would make anything look good! :) V
Mike H.10-Mar-2012 03:05
Grand shot of the sky and this once-proud chopper!
Judging by the scab patches, this one may have seen "action".
It may be worth saving if powerplant, transmission, and avionics are salvageable.
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