Mthorne said at 8:49 a.m. on Sep 19, 2006: very dramatic
Antonio said at 11:09 p.m. on Sep 19, 2006: Are these taken with your new Canon? And are they post-processed at all? Lots of us on Tabblo who are getting into the aerial shots need all the hints we can get.
Siagian said at 2:28 a.m. on Sep 20, 2006: Awe-Some! are those forest fires? or lava?
Save said at 10:01 a.m. on Sep 20, 2006: Thats some controlled "burn"!
Nmat said at 1:58 p.m. on Sep 20, 2006: Super series of shots! Where is this?
Pgeep said at 3:03 p.m. on Sep 20, 2006: This is huge forest/brush fire known as the "Day Fire" Location:Los Padres/Angeles National Forests, about 45 mi. north of downtown Los Angeles
Day Fire Information September 20 Update
Moderate growth continued yesterday on the 97,685 acre Day Fire, mostly from relatively short uphill runs in the mountainous terrain. The fire is now 20 percent contained. Fire activity was most vigorous in the northeast corner, particularly in the Snowy Peak area. It also grew by about ¾ of a mile in a westerly direction. A planned burnout on the northeast corner of the fire was postponed until today due to smokey conditions. Fire managers are taking advantage of the few days of slightly cooler and moister conditions. As of this morning the fire is still approximately 7 air miles north of Fillmore, 9 miles north of Santa Paula, 7 miles south of Lockwood Valley and 10 miles northeast of Ojai. The fire has burned around Mutua Flat. No structures have been lost from this large blaze.
Dsearls said at 3:20 p.m. on Sep 20, 2006: These were taken with the almost-new Canon 30D. The first few were taken with the 50mm F1.8 lens, which was set to manual focus. I didn't know that, which is why they're a bit blurry. The rest were taken with a Tamron 18-200mm zoom. Not the best, but it's versatile. i did post-processing with iView Media Pro on some of the pictures, but not all. Most of my daytime pictures are a bit adjusted, usually around color levels.
I carry a GPS unit, and would love to be able to geo-label these shots as well. If anybody knows a way to do that, it would be most cool.
As for the location, it's in a wilderness northwest of Los Angeles and northeast of Santa Barbara. In spite of its urban proximities, it's among the wildest and least settled regions in the U.S. There are many trails, but fuew roads, almost none paved. This is where condors were re-introduced to the wild. Since condors soar widely, i doubt they are in trouble, though their nests may have burned.
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