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It was the end of my shoot at Oakland Lake on December 3 and I was walking out when I heard a helicopter in the distance. I looked up and spotted this so I quickly planted my tripod and started photographing the NYPD helicopter as it began to orbit over nearby Alley Pond Park. Then there was the sound of sirens and the next thing I knew two park police were walking quickly past me. One looked at me and said "Good afternoon, a good show for you." and continued past me. Eventually they all left and I have no idea what was going on.

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120316DSC_4791 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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120316DSC_4801 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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120316DSC_4806 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

The last is a huge crop as they were quite far away. The atmosphere was turbulent so it's not as sharp as I'd like yet I'm sharing the photo as I like the view with the crew visible.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Dec 22, 2016 at 07:04 PM

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Nice whirlybird shots Morris....maybe they were just clearing the flight path for reindeer and such.
Eric

Dec 22, 2016 at 07:16 PM

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Well done Morris ~ Ron

Dec 22, 2016 at 07:34 PM

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Nice shots Morris.

Dec 23, 2016 at 12:10 PM

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eyelaser wrote:
Nice whirlybird shots Morris....maybe they were just clearing the flight path for reindeer and such.
Eric

thank you Eric,
Could be, those big brown or orange and purple jets do take a lot of space

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surfnron wrote:
Well done Morris ~ Ron

Thank you Ron

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louie champan wrote:
Nice shots Morris.

Thank you Louie

Morris

Dec 25, 2016 at 01:36 PM

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Not too shabby Morris. Merry Christmas.

Dec 25, 2016 at 06:14 PM

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Great Morris, I love aircraft as much as photography.

- Jim

Dec 25, 2016 at 06:51 PM

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Ted ellis wrote:
Not too shabby Morris. Merry Christmas.

Thank you Ted
Happy Holidays

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James McQueen wrote:
Great Morris, I love aircraft as much as photography.

- Jim

Thank you Jim,

Take a look at the "other" folder on my site. I dabble in avaition photography:
http://morrisaltman.zenfolio.com/other

Morris

Dec 26, 2016 at 06:37 PM

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Interesting shots - I think of the Superman intro: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a .... take it's picture anyway. It is a "whirly bird"

You have some interesting photos in in your "other" folder too. I really like the one of the sound barrier being broken.

Dec 27, 2016 at 09:06 AM

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Raeburn wrote:
Interesting shots - I think of the Superman intro: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a .... take it's picture anyway. It is a "whirly bird"

You have some interesting photos in in your "other" folder too. I really like the one of the sound barrier being broken.

Thank you Raeburn,

That photo of the vapor chone (transonic flight) is one of my faverate photos.

Morris

Dec 28, 2016 at 08:45 PM


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