This was taken on the afternoon of Sept 24th, on Highway one, near Ben Lomond, this copter was working with several ground crews mopping up hot spots from the large wild fire they had earlier in the week. The camera is a Kodak EasyShare Z612, using auto focus, and the telephoto lens.
(The background photo is the helicopter filling his bucket not more than a couple of hundred yards from the highway, and low and behold, I noticed a rodent peeking from a rock!! Okay, I fess up, I added the rodent because my friend, who will go nameless for modesty's sake, was noticing that no one chose the word Rodent, a perfectly wonderful word, as their "R' theme!)
great picture...and a great way of thankin them fire bombers....they do a hell of a job......
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Great capture here Johnoh....those guys do such a wonderful job from the air.
ReplyDeleteJohn Great entry for this week. They do work long and hard when those nasty fire spring up.
ReplyDeleteNice, but scary...
ReplyDeletegreat shot John!
ReplyDeleteWow...I bet you have seen a lot of those lately. You seem to cop it every year. We have been lucky so far this year and haven't had a fire near us.
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being an old firefighter ive done a few forest fires..nothing huge so I feel for them..nice rrrrrrrr there pengy
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purrrrrfect Johnoh
ReplyDeleteWithout them California would've burned to the ground this past few weeks. It's nice to see you participating again John....and with such a great action shot.
ReplyDeletegrins..a familiar sight....great shot
ReplyDeleteGreat entry Pengy, dangerous work, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteNo post from me this week, but you're welcome to visit anytime lol!
Those are really brave people, working those forest fires. After spending almost a month in two different trips in a forest of NM and seeing all the dead fall from a large fire that we think was in 2001 according to the web, I just can't know what firemen go through.
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wow the highway you were on must have had some elevation. great shot!
ReplyDeleteR is the theme and not a one of you went with "rodent" : ((
lol nice job penguiy
Awesome shot , colors are wonderful.
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ok i feel stupid or this is a trick, i feel i've scanned every inch of this pic a few dozen times and i dont see no rodent!
ReplyDeleteSee how sneaky Rodents are, even a Rodent cannot find a Rodent!!!! In the background picture, lower right corner. . . ;-)
ReplyDeleteah that explains it ...... because of the size of my screen it was hidden behind all the posting area!
ReplyDeletevery cute!!! : ))))
LOL John.............great shot.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing shot!! :)
ReplyDeletesoooo very cool John!! love the little rodent dude, too! It fits sooo well!!
ReplyDeleteglad you rocked out at my place!
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lmao perfect shot pengy dang that rodent gets round
ReplyDeletetoo me a while to find the rodent too! cute lil thing. great R pic!!!
ReplyDeleteNow this is a really superb shot!
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting mine and your nice words. Yes the willows will sprout again.
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Impressive shot
ReplyDeletethat's a spectacular shot, and even though needed, sad the reason we need it. great job on sticking the rodent in there - almost looks like it's supposed to be there. As you saw - i had a rodent-dedicated theme! lol
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by!
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Great shot, John! I did look for the rodent for a while, but had to give up - Christmas will be on us before you know.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I love this shot, John, cool action! Thanks for your comment on mine :)
ReplyDeleteGreat shot! But you're wRong about the lack of Rodents. I remember at least one gal's picture of a fat chipmunk! (And I thought seriously about including this picture, but chose the Round Up instead:)
ReplyDeleteOh my Harriet!! At least in the RoundUp pic the bull had a fighting chance! LOL I did see the fat chipmunk one, a much happier rodent than the one above!
ReplyDeletenow who can this be? scratching head here...give us a hint!
ReplyDeleteinteresting image!
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now who can this be? scratching head here...give us a hint!
ReplyDeleteinteresting image!
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