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KAikens318 · May 30, 2012

I wish I had had my pro camera for this but I was on my way to work and only had my Panasonic Lumix in the glove compartment. I saw the smoke from miles away, threw on the scanner, and found the fire. I was a little late to work, but it was worth it! Overall not too shabby for a point and shoot. All of these were shot from a block over.

This first one was published on the news

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tirediron · May 30, 2012

Not bad at all!

dxqcanada · May 30, 2012

Nice capture.
The first has great feeling. Is that curved object on the left a roof ?
Too bad the fireman in #4 was not looking straight ahead.

KAikens318 · May 30, 2012

dxqcanada said:
Nice capture.
The first has great feeling. Is that curved object on the left a roof ?
Too bad the fireman in #4 was not looking straight ahead.

Yeah, it was an overhang from the house I was next to. There were so many people watching, I couldn't push my way over a few feet to get it out of there. Lol

imagemaker46 · May 30, 2012

The first one is the best one, I would have cropped the curve off the roof, it would make this a really strong image.

Joel_W · May 30, 2012

Nice set. Congratulations on having the 1st picture published.

KAikens318 · May 31, 2012

Joel_W said:
Nice set. Congratulations on having the 1st picture published.

Thanks! My friend jokes and says that they are going to haul me in for questioning someday because every time there is a big fire in the city, I am on the scene with my camera and the pics are always published on the news. Lol

Forkie · May 31, 2012

Is fire-putting-out photography big business in the States or something? There seems to be an awful lot of people on this forum photographing other people's houses burning to the ground. Are you actually paid to accompany the fire brigade or do you just look over the horizon for smoke?!

CMfromIL · May 31, 2012

There is a saying about the news in the USA. It is along the lines of "If it burns or bleeds...it leads". Hence the great interest in fires with the news. Its dramatic and makes a great visual story to be told.

KAikens318 · May 31, 2012

Exactly. I definitely do not relish in the fact that people's houses are burning to the ground, but fires and accidents are all a part of human interest. I am trying to get a job with the local newspaper or the news station so I try to make sure I am at all of these things first. I went to a standoff in the middle of the city three days in a row for hours, ended up getting the photos published. Good stuff to add to the resume. (the photos being published that is, not the subject matter)