The End of 926 Sotuh 10th Street

[chakalakasp]

Right before I went to bed last night, I noticed smoke in the sky. I followed it to it's source and got a chance to shoot an apartment fire. There were no injuries or fatalities -- though it was a heck of a fire. At one point, the building became so full of water that the pressure blew the front door off the hinges and out into the front lawn, followed by a tidal wave of water that washed into the street.

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(from http://www.flickr.com/photos/digicana/382090689/ )

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(from http://www.flickr.com/photos/digicana/382145238/ )

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If I had any doubts about spending the extra cash to get the 2.8 version of the 70-200IS instead of the 4.0 version, this shoot erased them. Backed against the ISO 1600 wall at 1/15th of a second, there is simply no way I could have done any kind of telephoto work with an f/4.

[Mullins]

nice pics

Settings?

[chakalakasp]

nice pics

Settings?

EXIF should still be intact in all the photos. :) All shots were tripoded, though with the telephoto shot, the tripod was used more like a monopod.

[Mgw189]

Awesome shots.... Not much going on for a fire though. I guess I am used to seeing more firefighters around doing stuff.

[hijinks]

Nice shots I like the red in the second one.

[livewire-photography.com]

that last shot is crazy good quality

[trajectory fish]

I like the first shot quite a bit. Good work!

[cylentka]

Not something I would ever do (follow smoke to the fire), but I enjoyed the pics. Thanks for sharing.

[Dan_S]

The last one is brilliant.

[Skip Souza]

Well done. I too really like the last one.

[superdiver]

OK, so I downloaded Openda so I could look at the EXIF of pictures like this. So how do I use it? I tried right clicking and going to properties, but all it tells me is the size of the picture...

these are GREAT shots BTW....

[Saturation]

Hehe I just saw that first pic in the Lincoln paper at work the other day. Do you work for the Journal Star? How long have you lived in Lincoln? I've been stuck here for 12 years....but I don't mind. Lincoln is quiet and clean.

[justisnmnz]

The first shot is simply amazing in my eyes, I would frame a poster sized print of that.


Awesome journalism shots.

[gospastic]

i agree, that first shot is brilliant IMO.

[shaunknee]

Fantastic first shot. Was the building abandon?

[R_Metzel]

1 and 3 do it for me. Great captures

[Mike Reynolds]

The first shot of the lone fireman sitting tells a story

[barP]

good stuff. magazine quality!

wp.

[squashed]

Dude, those shots are fantastic !!