Coastguard Helicopter

[Trev Rich]

Went out the front door this lunchtime and this beast was just aproaching my house :eek:
Managed to run insie, grab the cam and fire off a shot.... then adjust the manual settings and shoot another before it landed in the school field opposite our house :D

http://trevrich.com/php/images/my_images/Talk_photo/img_9165.jpg

[Matt Sayle]

Nice shot. I really like that :) WHat was it doing?

[Trev Rich]

A girl in the school who has a titanium rod fitted to her back (same as my sister.. a very intense and dreadful operation) had fell over and couldnt move.
They had 2 ambulances there but had to call in the helicopter to fly her smoothly and safely to the hospital.

[Matt Sayle]

I see. THere very handy them helicopters, it is shame they dont get goverment backing.

[Duckydoodle]

Great shot and thanks for sharing the info on why it was there. Hope the little girl was alright :thumbs:

[AndyC]

Nicely captured!

[King_Boru]

Not bad at all. Though a little over exposed. The whites on the 'copter have been washed out along with the cloud on the background (on this monitor anyway).

Technical note would be to suggest a slower shutter speed. For 'copters a shutter speed of around 1/125 second provides a nice rotor blur at the front and back. Though you will need a steady hand at long focal lengths.

Nice angle too.