Fire Season in SoCal

Small fire earlier this week, 400 acres. There was a strong air attack due to the terrain and environmental conditions - at least 5 helicopters and 4 airplanes.

Would have liked a tad more rotor blur, but I was unable to stay sharp below 1/160 handholding a 200-400 f/4 with a 15kt crosswind at 400mm. While I love that lens, wind is it's kryptonite.

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Awesome! I didn't know anybody other than Erickson operates Skycranes.

ryanapem wrote in post #13018287
Awesome! I didn't know anybody other than Erickson operates Skycranes.

I didn't either, until HTS and Hiller(?) supported a couple fires in socal. Amazing machines.

Ive got other pictures of a huey, S-2, and Neptune supporting this fire, but when there's sky cranes, who cares?

nice captures! those things are huge lol

I've been wanting to get pics of Conairs water bombers (electra's) for awhile now.

Good shots!!

Thanks guys. A little less than thrilled how soft the pics look here, after already taking the sharpness knockdown shooting through water spray, I guess that's the cost of shooting pictures like this.