A bit of photojournalism...
Last Tuesday as I was driving home on Hale, I spotted smoke in the distance. I couldn't tell the exact location, but it appeared to be in the hills just west of Hale. As I drove closer, I spotted 3 airplanes and a helicopter circling overhead. When I was even with the source of the smoke, I pulled off the road, took out my little Lumix camera, and waited for one of the planes to come in low and drop the red retardant. The plane is in this picture (click on it to see a larger view), but it is obscured by the smoke and the tree on the crest of the hill.
Last Tuesday as I was driving home on Hale, I spotted smoke in the distance. I couldn't tell the exact location, but it appeared to be in the hills just west of Hale. As I drove closer, I spotted 3 airplanes and a helicopter circling overhead. When I was even with the source of the smoke, I pulled off the road, took out my little Lumix camera, and waited for one of the planes to come in low and drop the red retardant. The plane is in this picture (click on it to see a larger view), but it is obscured by the smoke and the tree on the crest of the hill.
I continued to shoot and caught the helicopter as it dropped water on the flames. I thought this was a most excellent action photo and submitted it to the Morgan Hill Times. They published it with their online edition of the story. You can read all about it and see my photo at: http://www.morganhilltimes.com/news/269876-wildfire-burns-portion-of-tilton-ranch
Never go anywhere with out a camera.
What great timing!! And how cool that your photo was published w/ the article... do you do that often? Are you normally a photographer contributor to the Morgan Hill Times??
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