Valiant Attempt

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted November 16, 2009788 views6 comments

consequences of the severe California drought

Wildfire in the Mt. Shasta foothills

The building was saved - don't know what it is.

2009:09:21 18:18:50
500mm + TC 1.4
1/400 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 250
White balance: Auto

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 16, 2009 at 10:32 PM

I was going to say "there looks to be some weird foggy overcast on this shot"... then I realized, the smoke might have something to do with it

I like the shot as it's unique and certainly nothing I've experienced here (fortunately, though there were terrible forest fires nearby about 14 years ago). I thin I would prefer a horizontal though to show more of the fire/smoke and less of the mountain.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 16, 2009 at 10:34 PM

Luke, I've got about 50 pictures of this, so I have several good horizontals and with less zoom to show the immense area burning. I'll post others as time goes on.
For this one, I wanted to show the helicopter and fire-retardant drop.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 23, 2009 at 5:23 PM

Congratulations on the EP, Sandy.

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Comment posted by Eric Good on November 24, 2009 at 8:15 PM

Nice shot and well deserved! It still amazes me that these kinds fires occur in today's day in age with cell phones and relatively fast fire stopping technolgy.

Just out of curioustiy, what's that small, nearly circular object near the center of the image? Is that an anomaly caused by the fire/smoke or just a dust bunnie?

Registered on March 17, 2007, 116 Posts, 4764 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 24, 2009 at 8:53 PM

Eric, there was so much junk in the air, I don't know - likely just a dust spot I managed to miss cloning out.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on November 29, 2009 at 7:06 PM

Interesting shot and great display of what happens to man's creations in severe drought. Congrats on the EP!

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