The undoubted surprise highlight of my visit to the Haxey Feast, was when a helicopter landed.

I’d overheard murmurings from some of the people with displays that it was due to take place, including one guy who was battening down the hatches for fear that the downdraft would blow away the items he had on display.

Sure enough, a number of the event stewards asked people to vacate an open grassy area and formed a loose circle to keep people back from the landing area. I checked the direction of the light and positioned myself where I though I might have the best chance of getting a shot or two – as simple as it is to use, the rangefinder on the GW690 isn’t the easiest to achieve focus with, especially on moving subjects.

Happily, both the pictures I shot came out well. The first was the helicopter’s descent. The second as it was flying away again (it only stayed on the ground for a few minutes).

For anyone interested, it is apparently an Airbus H120.

Fujica GW690 & Kodak Ektar. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 28 July 2024