PPrune Photo Competition
 

Not sure if Heliport will allow this but here goes. Since we have had a cool mix of images on the rotorheads at work thread I thought it would be a great idea to run a PPrune Photo Competition. This is what I am going to offer as a prize.

FIRST PRIZE
1. A Two year complimentary subscription to Heli Ops.

2. A copy of the video The Last Great Adventure showing the history of live deer capture in NZ by helicopter. An awesome video with plenty of "holy !!!!e" action in it.

3. A copy of the award winning book called the Chopper Boys, a pictorial history of animal capture in New Zealand. Combines two books called the Chopper Boys and the Helicopter Hunters.

4. Inclusion of the winning image in the 2005 Helicopters at Work calendar, plus 20 copies to give to your mates.


2ND PRIZE
1. Copy of The Last Great Adventure Video.

2. One year comp subscription to Heli Ops.


3RD PRIZE
1. One year complimentary sub to Heli Ops.



HELIPORT'S PRIZE
The image that Heliport likes the most will win a special moderators prize of a copy of the above mentioned The Chopper Boys book.



The only conditions are the images must be modern day, sorry but no oldies. And each images must show the beauty of the helicopter, either static or working.

All images must be posted to this thread and yours truly will pick the winning entry, in conjunction with Heliport.

So post away guys. Images that have been posted on the rotorheads thread are eligible but only six images will be accepted as entries by each member of Pprune so make sure you post your best ones.


Deadline for Entries 18th of August so that gives you plenty of time.


Ned.

Autorotate. :ok: :ok:

Mi - 24 "at work"
 

Here's a few I haven't posted before Ned.

Cheers,

Hollywood :cool:

http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....7f4f33dc0e.jpg

http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....068b369a3e.jpg

http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....c508fa5478.jpg

Criteria
 

Autorotate,

Thanks for giving up such great prizes for this photo competition, but i am a little confused as to the marking criteria on the competition, is is down to the technicality of the photo, or is it just a good looking photo you are after, or does it have to reflect one of the great principle areas of photography i.e movment, colour, shade, texture etc? Do they have to be pictures we have taken ourselves, or just any old photo, scrounged from anywhere?

Please advise as i have a few i would like to post, but not knowing the criteria, it is difficult.

Thanks in advance

MD :ok:

Hello everyone.

I am hoping someone can help. I am trying to post a picture that is on my website. I have followed all the instructions in Heliport's thread about posting photos, but everytime I sent the reply, all it gives is the URL in text, not the actual picture!!!

I am starting the pull my hair out, what am I doing wrong?????

Cheers:{ :ugh: :confused:

HeliEng

Post it again and leave it.
Can't say where you're going wrong without .... seeing where you're going wrong. ;)

Heliport

Here is HeliEng's picture

http://mysite.freeserve.com/picture_.../2-picture.jpg
Puma working on a Flare Tip Change on a rig in the Dutch Sector.

In response to previous posts will clarify who can post what. You must have shot the photo you are entering otherwise copyright issues come into play, especially if the entry is the winning one and we go to publish it in the calendar.

The image doesnt have to be technically correct, just a great looking image showing a helicopter. Thats it. No other technical type requirements. Some of the best looking helo images are the most technically incorrect.

Hope that helps.

Ned

This was taken on Kauai and then edited in photoshop.

http://www.imagesofkauai.com/fw1044.jpg

Here are a few pics from my flight school in NZ

H300 Sling training.

http://www.skidbiter.com/Gallery/300_1.jpg

H500 Mountain training.

http://www.skidbiter.com/Gallery/500_2.jpg


http://www.skidbiter.com/Gallery/500_3.jpg

Taupo AD refuelling.

http://www.skidbiter.com/Gallery/500_4.jpg

http://img65.photobucket.com/albums/...er20030609.jpg

Here is my effort, taken at Shoreham, 9th June 2003

The beauty of the helicopter at work;

The search.
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...wmidsearch.jpg

The rapid response.
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...midflypast.jpg

reduced in size for posting
edited cause my spool chucker is u/s!

lime spreading.... my crew took this photo of me departing with a 3000 lbs bucket. the as350b3 is awesome!!

http://home.online.no/~fthirud/lime.jpg

Sid:
- must be some quaint N Yorks/ Janner dialect..:}

And what's all that funny green and brown stuff behind Molly in those 2 lovely photos of yours? ;)

Green and bown stuff
 

T & B,
The lovely countryside that we love as the West Mids, or at least somewhere within an hours flying time!! :hmm:

The last green and brown bits some of 'us' will see for a while, but I may post a few pics to remind them.

Thanks for picking up the spelling mistake, on a different website that would have been worth 2 days of posts :\

Molly sends her love:ok:

(For those who don't know Molly, look closer at WMID)

Careful you two....that looks a bit like a conversation to me..
aren't they forbidden? ;)

Life's a beach, Barbados W.I.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...0a%20beach.jpg

Thanks John Eacott for hosting.

Vancouver Island Helicopters 350B2 in the Cariboo Mountains with Mike Wiegele Heli-Skiing.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ur 207 012.jpg

Thanks again to John Eacott for hosting the photo!

Snow photos must be all the rage...

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...20approach.jpg

Fire and Snow!
 

Great Photo John!

The last time i flew over that Joint it was on Fire? LOL:)

at the top of a waterfall in the NT
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...it%20rocky.jpg
same spot, warming up
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/.../stat%20up.jpg
Thanks John

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...nhoe%20071.jpg

In the Hunter Valley Vineyards NSW on a heli-tour

Thanks To John Eacott for hosting

Mountain Flying in Snowdonia
 

Not up to the standard of some of the amazing photos posted but here goes....

http://members.iomartdsl.com/~david..../rescue_me.jpg

Mr. Selfish:

It looks as if the oil pressure gauge is pegged at the max?

Tigerpic. Why are you flying around with a cow's head on a rope ?

My first attempt at a photo in a message...hopefully it works!
This picture is an "Erickson Aircrane" (Olga) at Los Banos airport in California. I happened to be there in the morning and the light was awesome, so I snapped a pic!

OK I finally got it...Thanks to John Eacott for hosting the pic
and RDRickster for helping out!

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...Pics%20014.jpg

On behalf of "oscar bravo"
 

Click for link to his picture...

(I couldn't post the image directly for some reason - I think that site doesn't allow redirections from external sources)


If Rick's link produces 'You are not authorized to view this page', refresh that page and you'll see the picture.

Heliport

robbo jock: not a cow's head.... it is a HUGE soap-on-a-rope!

Presumably for the crew's annual shower.

Thanks to John Eacott for hosting.

Waterbirds course in Nova Scotia August 02
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ne/pprune1.jpg

Waterbirds course in Nova Scotia August 02
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ne/pprune2.jpg

Ilfracombe Lifeboat Day July 03
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ne/pprune3.jpg

Ilfracombe Lifeboat Day July 03
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ne/pprune5.jpg

Lake District March 04
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ne/pprune6.jpg

Falklands February 02 - hmmmm something missing from that Chinook I think!
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ne/pprune7.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/.../PHI%20012.jpg

407 landing on offshore platform...

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/.../PHI%20014.jpg

...407 taking off again.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/.../PHI%20062.jpg

All yellows greens and blues.

herbicide spraying, bribie island, queensland.

http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.au/pprune/2042.jpg

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Bell 407 ALM in the Columbia River valley, Canadian Rockies

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/...ALM_Winter.jpg

Spring 2003, Pipestone River, Lk Louise AB Canada

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/...ipestone_R.jpg



Loading a 212 in the field after a M/R strike, a Kamov 32 flew it down to this spot.
For those of you not familiar with the Canadian Logging Industry, the Truck is a "self-loading" logging Truck.

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/...he/AHZ_-_1.jpg


My Backyard, Parked on the Continental Divide, Canadian Rockies, Abbott Pass, 9,500' ALM 407

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/...bbott_Pass.jpg

212HP AHC arrives at CMH\'s Bugaboo Heli-Ski Lodge spring 2004

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/...C_Bugaboos.jpg

206L3 ALL sitting at the BCFS repeater, 8,000\' Mica Ck BC

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/...6L3_C-GALL.jpg

ALM taking a break, Mountain Ck, Glacier National Park, August 2003

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/...aver_River.jpg

ALL 206L3 at the BCFS weather station, 8500\', Mt Tabernacle, Selkirk Mtns BC.

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/...Tabernacle.jpg


ALM Pipestone River AB Spring 2003


http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/...stone_Burn.jpg

407 driver

Spectactular pics certainly a contrast to where I am at the moment.


Fly safe

407 your pictures are Super Natural. Awesome !

407 driver
An Interesting coincidence, I flew a 212 with registration GAHZ.

http://delta.wtr.ru/files/winrace1.jpg

More such photos at www.rotorcraft.ru


One more from www.rotorcraft.ru :

- What is Russian fishing?
- Fish is fried and fisher fired!