Pretty amazing, Lisa. I like how the smoke stood nearly still for this one, only looking like a 1/4 to 1/8th sec. exposure, and the rivets in the sheet metal are sharp, with a handheld digicam. You definitely get the award for the human tripod of the year.
OK, it was between 2 and 4 seconds. I forget what the camera said, kept changing. I averaged that to 3. lol (the truth comes out)
I might have some shots with some blurry action. Will look.
How did I happen to be there? LOL! I was covering the City Council meeting in a small town (yes, I AM a journalist) Of 5 on Council, only 3 were there. Then, one of them gets a call from the fire dept., cuz he's a volunteer fireman. BINGO! Meeting done immediately; no longer a quorum. LOL! So I heard where the fire was and had the camera with... and I WENT.
I climbed through trees and down a scrubby, steep slope to try to shoot from above. There wasn't much real action, so then I just walked over and stood under another grain bin shooting, right in there with the trucks, firemen and grain bin owner. LOL! No one even told me I was in the way and to get lost. :-)
Great work! How did you ever manage to be there? Almost wish the firemen would have moved a little during these few seconds, it may have created more action.
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