Life Flight by ocoee53
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Trail 16 - Fermata
 Hi, my name is Charles. I live in Tennessee, but I grew up all over the US. Photography has been a strong obsession for a long time, an obsession I'm happy to have. It is one of the best ways I have to communicate. Â
 I consider myself to be a Tennessee native who had the misfortune to be born in Detroit. My family, going back for generations, are from Tennessee. Dad was in the Navy, so I grew up all over the country. He used to save his vacation time and take 60 days off every two years. We would take long, sweeping trips across the country, spend a couple of weeks with family in Tennessee, and return by a different route to see more sights. He left the Navy and we returned to Tennessee when I was 14, and I spent my High School years at Midway High School, just south of Kingston. Most of my family are centered in Chattanooga but I spent a lot of time all over East Tennessee. After a stint in the Air Force in Denver, I wandered the West for awhile, then came back, married and spent nearly 20 years in Polk County. I put down roots there, something I had never done before. After my divorce, I moved to Kentucky ten years ago. And I still miss my home in Polk County.
 Kentucky is a beautiful state, and I got serious about photography after moving here. After looking so closely at this part of the state, I think of it this way; if you removed the vegetation it would look like southern Utah, with it's great sandstone mesas, cliffs, arches and canyons. I love the wonderful old forests here, but if you want to reveal it's rocky heart you have to work at it.  Oh, and I like dogs.
Update: As of August 2011, I have moved back to Tennessee. It's great to be back!
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Comments (7)
blinkings
Fantastic shot mate. It's so exciting being that close to them isn't it.
kasalin
Stunning captures :) Hugs Karin :)
watapki66
Great shots!
durleybeachbum
WOW, Charles, what GREAT shots! The tele makes him look eversoclose to those wires, gave me a funny feeling at first. Very pleased to learn that you take your entire kit to the clinic with you, I feel I am not alone in whipping out my camera to photograph the doctor just before a bronchosopy when already on the table!
prutzworks
cool shots "When he took of, he did some low-level posing for me before he flew away." you're lucky man ;)
flora-crassella
a very cool helicopter!!! Great photos!!!!
Rainastorm
When my son had his injury we got to meet the Life Flight guys here (a few of them)...very awesome and knowledgeable folks that's for sure...guess, after hanging out at the Hospital for three months with him I met more people who so impressed me than I've ever met in my entire life.