jack hogan
Telegraph Incident
This is one of my favorite photos. I was a wildland firefigher for 3 summers and rarely got to take a picture on the job - mostly b/c if you were close enough to something worth getting a shot of you weren't supposed to have a camera out. If you look close there is a lot to notice - the sun being blotted by the smoke, the height of the flames (compare the trees in the distance to those in the foreground => 100 ft flame lengths), the optical illusion formed by the wings of the plane (is it turning towards or away from the fire), the tiny guide plane out in front of the big one, etc.
Telegraph Incident
This is one of my favorite photos. I was a wildland firefigher for 3 summers and rarely got to take a picture on the job - mostly b/c if you were close enough to something worth getting a shot of you weren't supposed to have a camera out. If you look close there is a lot to notice - the sun being blotted by the smoke, the height of the flames (compare the trees in the distance to those in the foreground => 100 ft flame lengths), the optical illusion formed by the wings of the plane (is it turning towards or away from the fire), the tiny guide plane out in front of the big one, etc.