Photographer with EC135 handy..

[Svenestron]

Cool pictures and a seamingly pretty neet way of life..

Richard Green Photography (http://richardgreen.net.au/)

[HillerBee]

That's really cool!

[Major Neb]

Oh man! That is soooo living the dream!

Glad to see real people out there doing it. :ok:

[md 600 driver]

is this the guy that had a gazelle before his 135 ?

[Ned-Air2Air]

Yes Richard had a gorgeous looking Gazelle before selling it and getting the 135.

[EESDL]

Fantastic pictures but you are a fraud Sir!
Some of those pictures were taken at Brimham Rocks, N.Yorkshire!
:)
Safe flying and happy snapping!

[rotorrookie]

One of his amazing pictures
http://richardgreen.net.au/img/background/on_location/1_S.jpg

[RVDT]

RG and his Gaz.

I remember helping him fix it in the NT. The hydraulic system had a meltdown (literally). The Gaz has an airspace in the hydraulic tank which is a rubber bladder with a sponge inside. It is to give an expansion space within the tank while keeping it full. Helps when doing anything radical and not getting a gulp of air in the system.

The bladder had split and the oil had attacked the sponge which had fallen apart and gone through the hydraulic system and putting bits of sponge in all sorts of places it should not be.

A new tank pump assembly was fitted and the lines and servo's cleaned. After installing the new bits the engine wouldn't start.

Having some experience with the Artouste 3B the Astazou couldn't be that much different. Found that the oil pressure switch which controls the torch ignitors was stuck. Being miles from anywhere I opened the fancy looking Turbomeca switch to find a couple of 50 cent American "Microswitch" components inside. A little bit of lubrication and "Voila" as they say.

Went for fly with RG and he let me fly it as a bit of a return favour. Subsequently still probably still hold the speed record for a helicopter beat up at VRD. ~ 160 knots?

RG realised after a while that I flew helicopters as well as fixed them.

The Gaz was nice. As you unload the fenestron with speed you can put more power into the main rotor. Felt like a big 300 and much smoother than a 350. As you would expect I suppose.

[skadi]

Stunning pics of a wonderful part of the world.
Its hard not becoming jealous about his "campvehicle" :{

skadi

[2papabravo]

Amazing way of life!

Will definitely buy the book. :ok:

[Helinut]

What a brilliant idea and great pics. Lovely to see someone work for something and succeed in achieving something special.

Note to self: must rob a bank, or better still become a banker (same thing really!) :rolleyes:

[Richard Green]

RVDT
My you have a good memory. Same no start problem happened a few years later parked in a deep gorge in the blue mountains. Fixed it the same way by torchlight and flew out by moonlight.

[John Eacott]

Richard,

And ISTR you had an HF in the Gazelle that was designed for a B747 :hmm:

Excellent to see you still enjoying life :cool:

[skadi]

One of his amazing pictures
http://richardgreen.net.au/img/background/on_location/1_S.jpg

This is my favorite among the other wonderful shots, because thats not the usual "helicopter in nice place" picture.

skadi

[bolkow]

Helinut, bankers do not rob banks, they rob us! - the disgruntled taxpayer!

[alouette]

Those are some awesome pics!!!!:ok:

[tigerfish]

If the pictures shown are even just a tast of what the book contains, I want a copy too! Where do I get it?

How about the monthly calendar? An example there would be great!

Tigerfish
Bristol UK

[Trans Lift]

Great stuff. My dream is to convert chinook into a 1969 VW hippy van style heli., sychadelic (spelling??) colours, etc and travel everywhere. Have all the toys in it, from surfboards to kayaks, snowboards to jet-skiis. That would be sweet.

I'm envious of you Richard!

[Richard Green]

Am just about to jump on a plane to Hong Kong to supervise colours on press. Website Richard Green Photography (http://www.richardgreen.net.au) will soon have a PayPal purchase option. Can purchase now – for details contact [email protected].
The book will be a stunner.

[Heli-Ice]

tigerfish

I want a copy too! Where do I get it?



To order a copy on Richard's website, press Here (http://richardgreen.net.au/purchase)

[muddergoose]

I have tried to take star shots and found to get that sort of intensity in the milky way requires around 40 minutes (with film) to intensify the weak ambient light and a tracking system to compensate for the earths rotation. Streaking can be obvious after a minute or two. If a star tracking system was used then the chopper would be rotated.

Is that photo a composite?

How long was the shutter left open for, what aperture was used and what was the lense?

It is an effective shot. :ok:

[lelebebbel]

for astrophotography tips, see here:
Catching the Light: Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss (http://www.astropix.com)

With modern DSLRs you can get reasonabe quality at very high ISO settings. I would guess that this (great!) image was simply taken at ISO3200 or above, with no more than a minute of exposure time and no tracking. Like this one here:
Setting Milky Way Black Forest Star Party (http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/003.HTM)

[Jabberwocky82]

Some great photos. All the best with the book Richard.

[Richard Green]

Yes the photo is a composite but not what you imagine. It is composed of 5 shots subtending a horizontal field of about 180 degrees - they are hand stitched togerther to create one hi res image 1.5 metres long.

Camera - Canon EOS 1Ds zoom lens set at 17 mm, f4, 30 sec exposures. A lot of work was required to stitch such wide images.

[Svenestron]

All the brilliant photographs aside, this might just be interesting to any EC135 operators out there..
“The helicopter's standard fuel tanks have a capacity of just over 650 litres. In addition, I have designed and fitted a long-range tank capable of holding an additional 300 litres - essential for those places where there is a longer than usual jump between fuel stops.” Found second paragraph on this page (http://richardgreen.net.au/helicopter)..

And having done some photo-stitching myself, on images taken with my lowly G10, I can only say the work of Mr. Green seems second to none..
Well done!:D