Digitally Enhanced Photos Shauni Hurley Vernal, Utah, USA Helicopter/Drone


Photographer Shauni Hurley took this photo after noticing that a beautiful Kaman K-Max had been sitting stationed at Vernal Regional Airport (KVEL) for a week while she and her team were on fire watch in the area. Hurley and her team were thrilled when the aircraft’s pilot and maintenance crew told them all about the


“awesomeness” of helicopters and let the group look around and “drool a little (or a lot)” over the K-Max. “I have always loved aviation, and as a photographer, I love capturing the amazing details and different angles of


all aircraft,” says Hurley. “Our judges appreciated the reflections of the sky and light on the sides of the aircraft and the photographer’s


positioning of the rotor blades in the break in the clouds,” says Foote. “It was also noted that while the photo is digitally enhanced, it is not immediately obvious what was manipulated.”


Helicopters/Drones in the Military


Ryan Riley Enumclaw, Washington, USA


Tis photo shows sailors from aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush attaching a cargo hook to an


MH-60R Seahawk helicopter during a replenishment-at-sea in the


Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 17, 2023. Te aircraft belongs to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 46.


“Te judges talked about the lines in this image: the rotor blades and the helicopter line up with the clouds and the deck crew,” notes Foote.


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