Photos from Afghanistan Trip

[H2O - Full Throttle]

A few of you asked to see some of my images that I shot on the recent trip to Kabul and Kandahar so have uploaded some.
Here is the link to have a look at some.
Afghanistan Images (http://www.h2ofullthrottle.com/community/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=279)
Cheers
Ned

[squirt'nmyload]

wow.....thanks for sharing!!!!

[beerjet]

I read the title and thought to myself " I really hope he had a gun." Amazing pictures. Some of them look like mexico.

[Outnumbered]

Great shots.

[C-2]

Those photos are unreal...thanks for sharing.
Man, seeing all those mud shacks - WTF are we doing over there? They can have that garb.

[Rexone]

Those pics are way cool. Awesome equipment and gives you a real feel for the country.

[SHOTKALLIN]

thanks and be safe

[lewiville]

thanks for sharing. awesome stuff

[ROZ]

very cool :)

[eek-a-RAT]

cool pics,

[Huckleberry]

Once again you have shown your expertise! Awesome shots!

[Placecraft Dragstar]

Very nice pictures :rollside: THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!

[Trailer Park Casanova]

Great pix.

[Wet Dream]

They sure do like those "earthy" tones on their homes. :D
Those are great photos.

[centerhill condor]

one lake in the whole place?! no wonder they're fighting all the time..thanks for caring enough to go..

[shueman]

Amazing....great shots.... :cool:

[jbone]

They must have a tough home owners association.
All the houses are the same color. :D
J

[sorry dog]

Yup... I've been wondering where my herion comes from...

[copterzach]

What helicopter magazine do you work for? Nice pics.

[hoolign]

Cool Pix! Thanks!

[Heater]

Very cool pics! Did you get a tour of Predator ops?

[SHAKEN Not Stirred]

Grat pics Ned....
Glad your home safe....
Later,
CJG
:)

[Charley]

Really nice pics, thanks for sharing!

[HCS]

Awesome pics!!! Those people need some lumber. :rolleyes:

[Keith E. Sayre]

Thanks for sharing. No wonder that part of the world is so PO'd all the time.
What could they possibly have to look forward to? Until the internet, I don't
think most of them knew that their part of the world sucked so they simply lived with it. Now that they can see what everyone else has, I think they've
become insanely jealous so they use their religion as their war machine. Wow.
Keith Sayre

[98 Vector 21]

Awesome....I didnt even see 1 boat? or Dune Buggy! what do they do?

[burtandnancy]

What an eye opener! Never saw anything so bleek in my life. Nancy wants to know if the weekly boxes of candy, magazines, gum, batteries, handi-wipes, etc are getting to the soldiers over there?

[My Man's Sportin' Wood]

Those are awesome! Do you mind if I use them in my classroom to show the kids? Especially the ones of the houses. They are great for cultural geography.

[Phat Al]

F'n Awesome, but by the looks of the place I'd be pissed off all the time too.

[HCS]

Awesome....I didnt even see 1 boat? or Dune Buggy! what do they do?
That's what I was thinking. Those people need some technolgy.

[hotlavey]

A few of you asked to see some of my images that I shot on the recent trip to Kabul and Kandahar so have uploaded some.
Here is the link to have a look at some.
Afghanistan Images (http://www.h2ofullthrottle.com/community/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=279)
Cheers
Ned
Great shots- thank you for giving me some insight as to how far behind this country really is and just how vast the area is. Very impressive.

[ratso]

Looks like a cool place for the Baja 500...

[JB in so cal]

Is this a recon version of, like a B-57?; 50's or 60's design, updated. May have even been a British design, originally.
Very interesting. Longer wing; Nacelles mounted mid-way through the wing...
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g100/KiwiNed/A047.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g100/KiwiNed/A044.jpg

[JB in so cal]

just found this. 1953!!!!!
The Martin B-57 Canberra was a rare example of a foreign-designed military aircraft being built under license by an American manufacturing company for use by the US armed forces. The last previous such example was the De Havilland DH-4 of World War I.
The first B-57 was manufactured in 1953

[plaster dave]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g100/KiwiNed/A067.jpg
I love this pic. it is my new desktop background.

[OGShocker]

WOW!!! Thank you for this thread!

[burtandnancy]

The pic above of the two helo's, almost looks like mid-point at Lake Mead, low water and all...

[KreatinKaos]

Wow ... nice river , not a single lake lice in sight , and I'll bet there are no speed limits :crossx:

[Rock-A-Bye-Baby]

WOW....killer pix...

[AirtimeLavey]

Ditto on the Wow! Awesome pics. What an adventure that must have been.
Thanks for sharing! :D :cool:

[racecar.hotshoe]

Very nice pics...........Looks like a good place to test the A-Bomb#2

[wolfie]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g100/KiwiNed/A067.jpg
Now as a boat guy, did you happen to forget where you were and say to yourself " Jeeze I wish I had my boat."?

[Desert Rat]

Very nice Lots of Russian type aircraft Who does the gray Huey belong to... Not any military markings I know of? Come to think of it most the Hueys were not marked at all ummm :idea: Place could use some paint to add alittle color

[Desert Rat]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g100/KiwiNed/A047.jpg
Nice plane.... Old but nice .
Edited for the same reason they removed the markings...

[Patyacht]

Thanks for sharing. Having a few hour in several of some of those models, I'm surprised no observation types like OH's and MD's

[RiverPirate]

Very cool and quite interesting....as third world countries go.

[Wake Havasu]

Wow!
Looked at them all.
Thank you posting them and letting us see them!

[deltaAce]

That must have been quite an adventure. The topography really shapes a culture. Great pictures we wouldn't have seen otherwise. Thanks for sharing.

[socalmoney]

I would like know what magazine you work for also. Cool photos.
For those of you who want to know more about what is going on with the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan Frontline will be airing a report on it on Tues night the 3rd
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/taliban/

[Tremor Therapy]

Incredible to see what a truly ancient land it is. Great photo's, thanks for posting the link. BTW, there is certainly a lot of nice hardware there!

[H2O - Full Throttle]

SoCalMoney - I publish two helicopter industry magazines.
Civil - www.heliopsmag.com
Military - www.helitacmag.com
Cheers
Ned

[BajaMike]

Great pics......what a beautiful country......:D
Makes Blythe look like paradise! :idea:
:rollside:

[Sleek-Jet]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g100/KiwiNed/A047.jpg
Nice plane.... Old but nice .
Edited for the same reason they removed the markings...
I'm sure they are just doing some "atmospheric" research over there... :D
NCAR had at least one of those for a while...

[socalmoney]

Here is the extent of my Helicopter photos.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/506/3682IMG_0477_600.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/506/3682IMG_0478_600.jpg
Sure would be cool to shoot them from another Helicopter. What a cool magazine to work for. Your websites look solid also.

[H2O - Full Throttle]

Those helos are MD600Ns operated by the Orange County Sheriff. Have known Dave Tilstra, Manny Pacheco and the guys there for a long time. Good bunch of guys.
Ned

[JB in so cal]

Those helos are MD600Ns operated by the Orange County Sheriff. Have known Dave Tilstra, Manny Pacheco and the guys there for a long time. Good bunch of guys.
Ned
Lately, they've been in the Pot Plant re-location business... :rolleyes: Something like 5-6000 plants taken in the last couple months.

[socalmoney]

Lately, they've been in the Pot Plant re-location business... :rolleyes: Something like 5-6000 plants taken in the last couple months.
3 operations in the last month. The dept has been busy.

[H2O - Full Throttle]

Have just uploaded another 50 plus images to the thread so stop in and have a look.
Cheers
Ned