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Red Cat On Fire



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cameraNIKON D5100

settings Aperture f/5.6 ISO 800 Shutter 1/2500 

upload_dateJul, 2014

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26 Comments |
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta September 25, 2014
Terrific shot. Congratulations on being Featured.
WileKyK
 
WileKyK September 25, 2014
Great timing. Congratulations on your Feature!
iceman2
 
iceman2 September 25, 2014
Excellent capture of colors with great clarity.Congrats!
gondmagdi Premium
 
gondmagdi September 25, 2014
amazing capture ! congratulations !
Photobaaz
 
Photobaaz September 25, 2014
wow.. whats that red color?
lindawilliams_5852
 
lindawilliams_5852 September 25, 2014
AMAZING in every way!!!!!!!
mfayne
 
mfayne September 25, 2014
Magnificent work
Bonnie_D
 
Bonnie_D September 25, 2014
very nice
akhtarkhan
 
akhtarkhan September 25, 2014
Fantastic detail, superb timing and wonderful prime colours display. Wonderful location and bright daylight capture. Congrats on the feature.
tonyberry Platinum
 
tonyberry September 25, 2014
Fantastic
BlazeIrish
 
BlazeIrish September 25, 2014
Wow, that is an awesome shot! Congratulations!
stephenpretty
 
stephenpretty September 25, 2014
wow that's awesome you can almost see a face and hands below in the red powder from the front like its leaping out.
vojce
 
vojce September 26, 2014
amazing shot
brentmorris
 
brentmorris September 28, 2014
What a truly HOT shot!
bjdisalvia
 
bjdisalvia September 29, 2014
All I can say is WOW! fantastic photo!
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter October 01, 2014
Great capture. Congrats. - Jake
Savannah2360 PRO
 
Savannah2360 October 12, 2014
Beautiful!
dancress1967
 
dancress1967 November 22, 2014
Love the red white and blue!
wiesiah
 
wiesiah December 14, 2014
Awesome!
rhamm
 
rhamm December 15, 2014
Great colors and timing on this shot. Well done.
gunners42 PRO+
 
gunners42 February 02, 2015
Wow....great Capture!
jesslehane
 
jesslehane April 25, 2015
wow!
vincentspratling
 
vincentspratling June 28, 2015
Amazing shot.
Falck
 
Falck July 07, 2015
Great action and colour! A winning shot all the way!
MRKll
 
MRKll August 13, 2015
How sad to see this plane needed, but its good they have them. Such an amazing shot!!!! Is this from recent fire activity we have been hearing about in the News? Again an amazing photo deep, rich, detail really tells an ephoto story.
Noah_math
 
Noah_math August 11, 2023
wow

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#Penticton #okanagan #bc #valley #canada #50mm #35mm #telephoto #lens #plane #fire #red #fire #trees #sky #blue #transportation #action #still life #nature #landscape #bokeh #nikon.
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Behind The Lens

Location

Upper Bench Road in the South Okanagan just outside of Penticton BC Canada

Time

The time was around 3:30 p.m. pacific time

Lighting

I had to shoot at very low ISO high speed and used the proverbial Sunny 16 rule shooting at a higher F-Stop with a circular polarizer to offset how bright the mid summer sun was

Equipment

Nikon D5100 and a 55-200mm F/4-5.6 zoom lens at 180mm focal length

Inspiration

We experienced a very dry summer like everyone else and being on a major forestry flight base we see this particular bomber taking off dozens of times each day

Editing

Lightroom 5 and a drop in whites and highlights with a minor increase in the luminance and saturation sliders trending the aqua and blue spectrums

In my camera bag

A Nikon D610 now manfrotto tripod SB 710 speedlight 24-70mm 2.8g lens 35, 50 and 85mm prime lenses as well as a 55-200mm zoom and soon the 70-200mm 2.8 as well.

Feedback

My advice, is be there when the moment happens, never travel without your camera. You will never progress in this craft without shooting regularly. In fact, why are you reading this? Get your gear get off your butt and go filming.

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