In the morning, this chopper was landing in our park on a rescue mission when I brought the girls to Kindergarten – they were cheering big time – , and the pilots were ready to take off when I returned (no causalities). So I had time to get into the house, went back to the park with a camera, and talked to the rescue team first. The moment before the helicopter took off, suddenly an attractive female police officer came up to me and asked if I am doing this professionally. I told her it is just personal work and that I’m obsessed with helicopters. She smiled and said: ‘We all have our fetishes, don’t we?’
I shall seek for a chance to visit the base of the helicopter team. Maybe with some wide angle lenses as well.
Delta 400, Xtol stock, Nikon F5, 70-210/2.8 Asph.
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It looks like they did well to land amongst the trees.
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Yes, and they didn’t look like being in trouble doing this. But the telephoto lens is gathering the perspective, too. With a wider lens or even a 50mm it wouldn’t look that dramatic, probably.
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I really like the shots from below. Nice perspective.
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I’m glad you like it. My obsession will lead me to other angles as well. Let’s see what we can get this year 🙂
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Great sequence…
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Thanks, much appreciated!
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reads post … sees the words “attractive female police officer” … skips the remaining text and hurriedly scrolls through the pics that follow … nothing …
gets nostalgic about teenage years … smiles
memories …
ah yes, that’s what photographs are all about 🙂
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She was a little like Frances McDormand. Maybe a little more compelling with her smile and softer in the eyes. As a police officer, she was obviously working out and she was comfortable with returning the gaze of the viewer. The hairstyle I can’t remember, but the dress size must have been similar to Charlize Theron’s 😉
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Yay … Charlize Theron is my all time favorite!
Police officers are probably trained in basic psychology as well … they will always look you straight in the eyes … intimidating.
Now that I think about it, I don’t do that much often myself … except when I’m photographing!
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Nice. Any idea why she asked if you were a professional?
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That didn’t make me wonder in this specific sizuation. I have no clue, what do you mean with your question?
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I think he may mean that when people see you with a nice camera (or anything more than a cell phone nowadays) they always assume you are a professional photographer.
Good example for why you should always have a camera with you……..never know what you will see.
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Don’t know. As a police officer in Berlin you always see the same people with cameras. Press photographers. I assume it’s a rare case you meet professional fine art photographes at crime scenes or emergency situations.
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