Black Hawk

Last year, three days after purchasing my camera on credit I heard a whup, whup, whup noise outside my home. A very articulate UH-60 Black Hawk was hovering above our neighbors field.
I witnessed this army copter doing the limbo beneath blue skies, a little bit lower now.

When the Black Hawk lowered itself to the ground I was on my way to its landing site. Somewhere between my house and the landing site I became a one woman paparazzi without shoes armed with said camera. Frantically I looked for my target.

Two miles down the road I spotted thin layers of smoke rising from the asphalt. Broken tree limbs and leaves spattered the backroad. There between a small grove of trees I spotted Black Hawk and its occupants. Three or four recruits are searching an open field for... something.

1:44 pm. My drive by shoot is a success.

9 comments:

Quiet Paths said...

Great descriptive piece! I love the idea of you out photo hunting on the spur of the moment in bare feet!

lisaschaos said...

What fun!! Looks like it was a success!

sarah said...

How cool!

Moonshadow said...

What an interesting photo shoot. Wonder what they were looking for?

Caroline Gill said...

Wow - what a surprise encounter. Loved your Flicker pix. too, Michelle.

Wendy said...

How strange! Hey I came looking for you for STSS. You were AWOL today! (I need to send out the black hawks again, I guess. Hee hee.)

poeticgrin said...

"Somewhere between my house and 1237 I became a one woman paparazzi without shoes armed with said camera." = GREAT LINE!
That was an adventure! I picture you in camo running through the woods, rolling and diving behind trees to get your shot.

Screwed Up Texan said...

How fun! I can't believe you went barefoot though!

Naquillity said...

moonshadow i have no idea what they were looking for. Or, maybe they were just training. I'll probably never know.

June 19, 2009 8:07 PM

coastcard my Flickr pics are in the order which they were shot. Makes the story better aligned. Glad you liked them.

June 19, 2009 8:10 PM