A Salute to the LA County FireFighters

[Zayets]

I live near La Canada, CA. The mountains of La Canada have been burning for the past 3 days, and the fire is far from being contained. I drove up the mountains for some close up shots of the fires and to capture the firefighter helicopters in action.

My hat goes off to these brave heroes.


http://zed.ls2.com/canon/IMG_5930_lucis-1s.jpg

[PhotosGuy]

That's a good shot. Too bad that, with the water, you couldn't get a rotor blur, too. Did you try any slower shutter speed?

[Zayets]

Thank you very much. I was shooting with a non IS 70-300 lens and wanted to minimize the motion blur in my photos.

[KenVP]

Interesting capture, nice work.

[Woolburr]

That is a once in a lifetime shot for most folks. Rotor blur isn't everything. Well done.

[cicopo]

Rotor blur would have been nice but then again a soft photo wouldn't be worthy of posting most of the time. I often wonder just how difficult it must be to fly a chopper in all that smoke with what must be very unpredictable air currents / turbulence. I think it's a fitting tribute to just how many risks the different types of fire fighters put up with to do their job.

[FlyingPhotog]

That's a fine capture. Personally, I'd back the saturation off a little but otherwise it's good documentation of Man Vs Nature.

[Geo]

Yes I take of my hat too. Great job of the Fire Fighter, and nice capture .

[FlyingPhotog]

Image #13 HERE (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bigpicturefire,0,5985825.htmlstory).

Sometimes the pros get the shot first and worry about the little details later...

Image #1 though is killer!

[Rivman]

. . . some very neat captures in that link Jay, thanks for sharing ! ;)

[Zayets]

Thank you very much everyone for your kind words. I really appreciate it.