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May 21 - 2008


Received a call from our Turquish Client last Thursday:
"Nicolas, are you free tomorow or Sunday? we have just launched our new Tender and we would like you to come and make some photos…"
So I flew Friday afternoon, arrived late at night in Istanbul, slept a few hours, came to the boat, met our new model Anna-Carolina (she's Brazilian and were much more exited by her upcoming shoot for the day after for Marie-Claire…), waited that the 14 (or were they 16?) workers finish they work

A snap of how the boat looked when I arrived "everything ready":



We went out of the harbor at 2:00 PM… made some shots while on board, disambarked, went to the helicopter, shot the boat for 40 minutes, went back on the chase boat to shoot more and come into the Bosphore for the sunset.
In total, I travelled 22 hours, shot 8 hours from Friday 2:00 PM to Sunday noon (back in Bordeaux)! Pheww!

One cannot end a life without having seen a sunset in the bosphore…
So this first shot, despite the title of the thread is not shot from a chopper, but from a chase boat.

Then 3 of the helicopter shots… it seems I have found the right setings this time, or maybe that my dear Hy6 starts to understand me… well, we get used to work together now! lovely little box…

The files have been DNGed with Brumbaer tols (latest upgrade) and then processed with Adobe Lightroom 2 Beta to give it a try… not that bad!
As usual, all shot with a Sinar HY6 and a Sinarback eMotion 75 LV - ISO 200 (except the 1st posted, ISO 400) and Schneider AFD-Xenotar PQS 2.8/80 mm lens…




From a chopper (boat running speed about 35/40 mph)



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