Gavin Kellett, SOS (SINGLE SHOT 2025)

An injured hiker was airlifted on a walk we did between Sunnegga and Zermatt, across from the Matterhorn in Switzerland. I was attracted to the shot because of the rescuer dangling off what appears to be quite a thin line. I wanted more motion blur with the helicopter blades but settled for a speed of 1/320s as I was concerned about blurring the rest of the image due to the speed it was moving. I hope the hiker was ok.

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