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Nice, Frank! I never get tired of watching thunderheads form and lightning shows. Katie-the-collie could do without the latter, though.
Sage advise Mr. Sage. Scary beasts those helicopters.Wandering Sagebrush said:Remember, helicopters: tens of thousands of rivets flying in loose formation. .......................................
Good work.CraggyMan said:Thanks all. Very cool opportunity for sure, hope to do more in the future. The perspective and challenges of shooting from up high are really entertaining. The flight was set up by an organization called LightHawk. They get conservation/sicence based groups that need air support hooked up with willing partners. The Oregon Natrual Desert Association that I do lots of volunteer work for, mostly based around photography and their various wilderness proposals is putting together a film on the Hart Mtn/Sheldon Refuges and the connection corridor. The flight was set up for this purpose and I just tagged along to fill the extra seat... Pretty sweet as we flew from Bend to Lakeview, did a sunset and sunrise flight then back to Bend. Here is a pic of my partner in the back seat, Michelle of Wahoo Films. She was calling all the shots on chopper locations for angles etc., but I had a fair amount of input based on my familiarity with the landscape to set the general flight path.
It was my first time in a chopper and being able to shoot with the doors open was extra special. No problems with motion sickness for me, although Michelle had a close encounter with the air-sick bag on the first flight to Lakeview, was very windy/choppy. Very cold in the back with the doors open, we were both pretty much shivering and well chilled at the end of both photo flights.
Yes!MarkBC said:Good work.
Sounds good. Let's try again next time you are passing through. I'm starting to see the light at the end of this work tunnel I'm in at the moment. Hope to start getting out again before the end of the year.Wandering Sagebrush said:Craggy, thanks for the links to ONDA and Wahooo. I think I'm going to have to get more interested/active with the Desert Assoc. Next trip through Bend, maybe we can catch a cup of coffee with you.