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Published: 2013-09-07 13:25:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 482; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 0
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this was just after the biggest rainfall ever in my home town..choppers were out looking for a car that had been swept off a cliff road in the floods down the hill.
while i was taking these this is what was going on only 200 meters away
www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/stoβ¦
Link is to UK tv news reports and some videos locals took.
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cool yes.. was a luck shot..
but the fact that not 50 meters away there was floods and destruction going on..Β
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I'm curious how you edited this. It looks like a really long exposure, but the chopper is crisp.Β
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I have to hold my hand up and this one was took using auto on the camera with out flash ( ofc )Β
i never use auto but the light, colour and weather was so messed up due to the insane storm we had..
and as i was in a rush to get down and see the floods we had i didnt want to waste time.Β
as you can see in the shot details it was far from a long exposure.Β
Shutter Speed1/60 second
ApertureF/3.5
Focal Length18 mm
ISO Speed560
the effects in the image were all in PS CS6 and Nik collection plugins for CS6.Β
the soft focus / image diffiusion gives the very smoothed feel to things..
i masked off certain areas while doing this to keep certain elements crisp
when taking it i didnt even notice the chopper, although i could hear it.Β
i was taking the image of the cliff lift building with the cliffs and clouds..Β
the chopper been there was a complete fluke.Β
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That would explain it. Love the shot.
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Oh wow I love this one! The helicopter is in the perfect position
I thought you would have been out in it haha
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thank you..
was a very surreal night.. took a day to get over the devastation and take it all in.Β
as i mentioned in the comment above, the chopper been in the shot was pure fluke. i didnt notice it till i started processing the image.Β
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Not at all
And yeah I know, when I saw all the pictures of uprooted trees and ruined tarmac and that car being swept away it was really crazy! It#s lucky no one was hurt really.
Oh wow guess it was one of those in the right place at the right time moments then 
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