Search And Rescue. 2- Rescuing, a photo from Lisboa, South

Photographer's Note

The international humanitarian obligation of SAR (Search And Rescue) in the North Atlantic area assigned to Portugal is performed by the Portuguese Navy (and Air Force), because there isn㦙 any civilian SAR service nor a Coast Guard (see my previous post).
During 1987-89 I served in the corvette NRP Afonso Cerqueira (F488). So, I took part in a lot of SAR operations both in Azores and mainland Portugal seas, usually under stormy weather and very rough sea. Most SOS calls were yachts in distress (who venture in dangerous transatlantic crossings) and fishing boats that get some trouble or even shipwreck. But there were also other types of emergencies, such as taking a suddenly ill person from a merchant ship to the nearest hospital. Once in a while there is also the intrepid windsurfer that gets out of control and goes too much offshore...
Often the Air Force co-operate with the Navy on maritime SAR. In this picture, aboard NRP Afonso Cerqueira, an Air Force Puma helicopter gets someone to or from the ship (these corvettes have no landing deck for such helicopters). Nowadays the Portuguese Navy has already the Lynx Mk 95 helicopters (click for a Gon蓷lo (bluejeans)𠏋 photo), that operate and land on the bigger frigates.
For a complete view of the corvette: Click here.
See also a picture of an Air Force SAR C-130H aircraft in a newer photo (2007).
[The photo was shot somewhere offshore of the Portuguese western coast, certainly within the Puma's range, but I𠍿 not sure where; so, I put the location in Lisbon. Scanned from a paper print.]

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Furachan (0) 2007-10-31 6:31

Great shot, Francisco, really fine scan from the '80s. The composition is hrilling to my eyes - te most dramatic, James Bond-like POv you could find.
Bravo!
Francis

ktanska (45098) 2007-10-31 6:42

Hi Francisco,
Excellent action shot with good framing. As you might guess I like inclusion of both the ship and helicopter. And motion blur on the rotor. Too often the blades look stopped on shots like this.
Age of this shot shows on grainyness.
Kari

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2007-10-31 14:45

Ol� Francisco!
Muito boa sua foto, o timming foi perfeito pra capturar as h幨ices do helic鏕tero! Realmente no momento decisivo!
Parab幯s e Abra蔞!

darrasin (2860) 2007-10-31 18:21

Very well done Francisco! Perhaps this was commonplace to you but this is certainly something I don't see everyday so it makes quite an impression. The man dangling in the air is very dramatic and the blur of the helicopter propeller heightens the drama for me. Very good work with the scan.

TFS
Doug

stego (24132) 2007-10-31 18:52

Ol� Francisco,
O enquadramento � admir嫛el para uma foto que de certa forma � "de ac誽o". Tal como na anterior, a qualidade da digitaliza誽o � not嫛el e as cores "envelhecidas" nem ficam nada mal.
Um abra蔞, Jos�.

Bluejeans (64251) 2007-11-01 6:59

Oi amigo ,
Que momento fantastico ,a foto ficou com uma qualidade muito boa , as cores est緌 muito bonitas , na tropa as vezes andava de carro blindado , eu era condutor de cami髊s , tambem tenho umas fotos parecidas com esta que tirei no festival Red Bull .
Um abra蔞 Gon蓷lo

plimrn (21344) 2007-11-02 4:40

Ola Francisco,
This is the most dramatic helicopter shot I have seen. The helicopter and the dangling man are perfectly framed against the blue sky. Just the right amount of blur in the rotors, that whisper clouds and the sharpness of the ship's detail all attest to your perfect focus. The ship in the FG provides a great context.
SAA, Pat

manatee (4668) 2007-11-02 17:41

Muy buena foto Francisco, me gusta la sencacion de movimiento y en angulo desd esta perspectiva.

Buen fin de semana

adores (46979) 2007-11-04 16:37

Ol� Francisco!
Uma excelente composi誽o, quando olhei nem me pareceu ter tantos anos. 舁timo trabalho com o scanner. Boa nitidez e cores! Boa ideia mostrares esta s廨ie!

Docarmo (9767) 2007-11-06 8:35

Ol� Francisco,
Esta aqui est� espetacular! Excelentes trabalhos, tanto o de resgate, como o fotogr塻ico - "in loco" e com o scanner.
Parab幯s!
Maria do Carmo

banyanman (7797) 2007-11-10 23:09

Hi Francisco. This series of four SAR photos was very interesting to see and read your notes. This shot is certainly the most dramatic of the four, but all are worthy posts. The technical quality is pretty good too for such old scans. Cheers . . . David

riclopes (35577) 2007-12-05 0:41

Esta est� espectacular, Francisco. Parece tirada de um filme do 007. Excelente composi誽o, muito boa recupera誽o de 89.
ric

brevbrev14 (140) 2008-03-23 7:46

Hi Francisco, very nice image!
action is well captured and stopped!
i like the moment and your POV
well done!
ciao!
Valeria

baddori (20341) 2009-01-15 11:33

Ol� Francisco
Eu vi o seu caminho ao longo GHETTO Escolha judeus em Cagliari.
Olhei suas fotos, muito bonito, mas antes da sua introdu誽o em que voc� n緌 deseja declarar "omini sorrisos" e n緌 de ambos. Eu vejo um grande amigo, que vemos todos os dias ", sobre marcan44 TE, 4." Vinicio "e pedir-lhe que dizer as mesmas coisas.
Tenho seis lindas, as fotos que eu gosto, voc� � um bom fot鏬rafo.
Eu voto faremos outra vez ... n緌 sei
Gianfranco

PS rispondimi
grazie

Amaz (11475) 2009-08-31 11:49

Excelente captura, Francisco!!!
Muito interessante a hist鏎ia de SAR!!!

Belo travalho!!!

Meus parab幯s,