Fire at Spences Bridge

Posted by Paul Skoczylas on Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:53 pm

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On a whim, I decided to take Hwy 1 instead of the Coquihalla Hwy from Kamloops to Hope on my Way to Vancouver last week. This was shot from the side of the road just outside Spences Bridge, looking over the Thompson River at the hillsides on fire.

Canon 20D, 28-135 IS NOT! (see below)

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:43 am

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An outstanding shot!!!

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by photosbyvito on Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:58 am

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very cool!
i like the levels of trees fading away, and the big ole fire ball

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by Ken Cravillion on Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:16 pm

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Superb! Reminds me of the Glacier fires I saw.

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by Paul Skoczylas on Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:41 pm

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D'oh! I just realized a mistake in my description above. There is no way (without substantial cropping--but this is full frame) the sun would be that big in the frame with a 28-135 lens. This was shot with the Sigma 50-500 at or near 500.

The neat thing is that at full resolution you can see what looks like sunspots on the sun!

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by rikerd on Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:48 pm

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An excellent image. Its a shame that it takes wildfires toset the stage for this but you did a great job at capturing the right mood.

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by Paul Klenck on Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:42 pm

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Amazing color and fine use of layering.

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by Cindy Marple on Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:49 pm

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Very nice, simple composition. The colors created by the fire are really dramatic!

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by Carol Clarke on Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:12 am

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Superb shot Paul!!

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