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4mile canyon Wildfire CO

by Manoj Vallati

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted June 20, 201182 views7 comments
We guys were supposed to skydive on the morning of sept 6th, 2010 in the first load but the gusty winds topping 40 mph doused our plans..As we were waiting for updates on the wind we saw this smoke that started to build up on one of the mountains.. In 1 hr it became so big that the city of Denver was in thick smoke...
Heard later from the news that this wildfire started from a slash fire pit of a 71 year old fire department volunteer and topped 10 mn for the state and additional 217 mn $ for the insurance companies in damages making this the most expensive wildfire in CO history...

If you have time check out the time line photographs in denverpost
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7 comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 20, 2011 at 1:34 AM
Dramatic image.
I think the smoke is the focus here, so the plane right in the middle of the frame detracts a bit.
I might have moved back quite a bit, and placed the plane on the left side, with lots of smoke above and behind it (looks as if the smoke grows in height toward the left side).
Very nice documentation of a bad situation.
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Manoj Vallati on June 20, 2011 at 1:54 AM
Thanks Sandy for the feedback..I am posting a picture that resembles your composition..Let me know
I did not like the angle of the plane wrt to the smoke so did not post this picture..
A lower POV wud have helped I guess

Also is there a way that I can replace the posting with the new one ?

Registered on February 24, 2011, 49 Posts, 148 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 20, 2011 at 2:41 AM
Manoj - To my eye, the second one is excellent - just what I envisioned. Yes, a lower angle might have been even better.
We can remove and re-post one of our own posts IF no one has commented yet. Go to "my photos" and you'll see a "delete" link below the image to entirely delete it. You can use the "edit" link , to edit the written info with your post.
Once there is a comment, we cannot delete the image, but we CAN post a re-worked or new image in the same thread - as you did here.
Nice work!
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 20, 2011 at 2:41 AM
PS - some REALLY fine images on your website!
:toast:
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Manoj Vallati on June 20, 2011 at 8:10 PM
Thanks Sandy APPreciate your feedback :) and appreciate on the simple explanation..
Since the comments are already there I cant delete the picture..wish there was some kind of substitution algo to switch the original image :smile:
Registered on February 24, 2011, 49 Posts, 148 Comments
Comment posted by Hank Pennington on June 20, 2011 at 9:09 PM
I agree with Sandy that #2 is a lot stronger. As seen in recent weeks elsewhere in the Southwest, wildfires are more and more threatening as more people move into more rural areas.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 226 Posts, 1532 Comments
Comment posted by Manoj Vallati on June 21, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Thanks Hank for the feedback appreciate it :smile:
Registered on February 24, 2011, 49 Posts, 148 Comments