Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 26, 2007 14:52:33 GMT 12
A Marlborough Express photographer's dramatic photograph of an Air New Zealand plane making a belly-flop landing at Woodbourne Airport has won international recognition.
Derek Flynn's photograph was named aviation photograph of the year at the annual Australia/New Zealand Aviation Press Awards in Sydney at the weekend.
Mr Flynn's photograph showed an Eagle Air Beech 1900D skidding along the runway with 17 people on board on June 18 after its landing gear failed to come down. The photo captured pieces of propeller and other shrapnel being flung from the aircraft.
Within an hour of the landing, Mr Flynn's photo appeared on Stuff. It soon graced the front page of seven New Zealand newspapers and appeared in international media including the Sydney Morning Herald and the BBC in the United Kingdom.
Mr Flynn said where he was standing at the airport was a long way from where the plane did the wheels-up landing and he used a 300mm telephoto lens to zoom in.
"From there it was just a question of waiting for it to come in to land, and keeping a finger on the shutter," Mr Flynn said.
"There was only that split second when the props sheered off that really made the photograph."
Mr Flynn and Marlborough Express chief photographer Scott Hammond were the only two media photographers present during the landing.
"It's one of those things where you're in the right place at the right time. It was obviously good that it made a nice picture and everyone got out safely," Mr Flynn said.
Mr Flynn said he and Dominion Post photographer Andrew Gorrie, who received a commendation for a photo of an aerobatics plane, were the only New Zealand photographers to be recognised from 32 entries.
The judging was based on the photographs' originality, composition and impact and ability to tell a story.
He added that, seeing as the photo depicted an Air New Zealand plane in trouble, it was nice of the airline to fly him to Sydney for the awards.
Mr Flynn received a trophy and $A1250 in prize money.
Dominion Post aviation reporter Roeland van den Bergh was runner up in the Best Aviation News Story category and was a finalist for the overall Reporter of the Year award. The Independent Financial Review's Denise McNabb was also a finalist for the Reporter of the Year award.
www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4288519a11.html
TOP SHOT: "There was only that split second when the props sheered off that really made the photograph," says Marlborough Express photographer Derek Flynn of his award-winning image.
Derek Flynn's photograph was named aviation photograph of the year at the annual Australia/New Zealand Aviation Press Awards in Sydney at the weekend.
Mr Flynn's photograph showed an Eagle Air Beech 1900D skidding along the runway with 17 people on board on June 18 after its landing gear failed to come down. The photo captured pieces of propeller and other shrapnel being flung from the aircraft.
Within an hour of the landing, Mr Flynn's photo appeared on Stuff. It soon graced the front page of seven New Zealand newspapers and appeared in international media including the Sydney Morning Herald and the BBC in the United Kingdom.
Mr Flynn said where he was standing at the airport was a long way from where the plane did the wheels-up landing and he used a 300mm telephoto lens to zoom in.
"From there it was just a question of waiting for it to come in to land, and keeping a finger on the shutter," Mr Flynn said.
"There was only that split second when the props sheered off that really made the photograph."
Mr Flynn and Marlborough Express chief photographer Scott Hammond were the only two media photographers present during the landing.
"It's one of those things where you're in the right place at the right time. It was obviously good that it made a nice picture and everyone got out safely," Mr Flynn said.
Mr Flynn said he and Dominion Post photographer Andrew Gorrie, who received a commendation for a photo of an aerobatics plane, were the only New Zealand photographers to be recognised from 32 entries.
The judging was based on the photographs' originality, composition and impact and ability to tell a story.
He added that, seeing as the photo depicted an Air New Zealand plane in trouble, it was nice of the airline to fly him to Sydney for the awards.
Mr Flynn received a trophy and $A1250 in prize money.
Dominion Post aviation reporter Roeland van den Bergh was runner up in the Best Aviation News Story category and was a finalist for the overall Reporter of the Year award. The Independent Financial Review's Denise McNabb was also a finalist for the Reporter of the Year award.
www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4288519a11.html
TOP SHOT: "There was only that split second when the props sheered off that really made the photograph," says Marlborough Express photographer Derek Flynn of his award-winning image.
