Near-Hit Surfer & Helicopter

[RockyMountainPilot]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/17...#video=17739362

[azcbr]

May just be the angle, but wow any way.

[wopilot]

Has to be the angle because if you look at the last frame, the surf board is above the rotor plane.

[beckwith]

So is part of his head.

[yzchopper]

Depth perception.... aint it great. Well it might be the angle too. To me the helicopter was about 10-20ft away from the surfer and the wave.

 

Steve

[Wally]

Hard to judge depth from a telephoto, at least by relative sizes. He was further away than it looks.

[Cruzin Chris]

Man, this thread was made for me. As a career helicopter pilot, life long surfer and photographer, mostly surfing – I can say that telephoto lenses (max zoom), in the case of this video from shore, makes objects look closer than they are. Here is a perfect example…

 

Telephoto (max zoom)... tailrotor hanging off the edge of the building:

 

 

View from oposite side with no zoom shows the tail wasnt' really hanging over the edge:

 

 

Photography is fun

Edited January 25, 2010 by Cruzin Chris

[LAMAHORSE / SA-315B]

Those are

great exemples Chris ...

 

I guess the buddies got the trick out to they're hands now ... lol...

 

Is it the helicopter BELL your assign on Chris ?

I like the challenging flying path towards the top building helipad.

Most be a great ball of pleasure to hover and land while strong wind ...

[carlcan]

In addition, the angles of the blades can be adjusted individually. This controls the helicopter’s horizontal movement, including forward, backward, left, and right.

Edited June 27, 2010 by 67november
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