Fires in Greece

adrian_k

A bit of excitement while on holiday.

These first two were taken from my villa.




as you can see I don't have any fancy stitching s/w and an inconsistant camera make panoramas a challenge.
You won't see them here but there are three planes and a helicopter just at hill top level.


the skill and bravery of these guys is unbelievable. They did this *all* day.



I just like this shot



and the aftermath


No-one died here but the death toll is at 49 with the current fires in the Peloponese. :cry

Skippy

adrian_k wrote:

A bit of excitement while on holiday.
as you can see I don't have any fancy stitching s/w and an inconsistant camera make panoramas a challenge.

You won't see them here but there are three planes and a helicopter just at hill top level.

the skill and bravery of these guys is unbelievable. They did this *all* day.
I just like this shot
and the aftermath

Isn't it nice to know that help is available at times like these.
Hooray for the Fire Fighters

Thanks for sharing Adrian .... Skippy
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Awais Yaqub

Great series thanks for sharing !

Chrissiebeez_NL

nice series! the fires in greece are on our (Netherlands) news constantly, every country (even canada) is sending their fire fighting planes and helicopters to greece. that is some photo-op!

btw. try setting your camera to manual (dont change throughout shooting) and preset the wb (not auto) in order to get consequent photos for panorama. you should get more similar photos.

DaddyO

Nice set of pictures. Appreciate being able to see them.

The loss of life these fires in Greece have caused is totally unexpected to me.

adrian_k

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:

every country (even canada) is sending their fire fighting planes and helicopters to greece.

Yes, after the fire I was talking to one of the helicopter pilots. He was from the US, the funny thing is that he was more concerned about tackling the London underground for the first time than putting out forest fires.

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:

btw. try setting your camera to manual (dont change throughout shooting) and preset the wb (not auto) in order to get consequent photos for panorama. you should get more similar photos.

that pano shot is made of three frames, the only difference between the left and middle frames is that the first was taken with auto-exposure (and sunny wb), the second I used the exposure settings for the manual settings (+sunny wb). At the time I didn't think that there would be that much difference between the processing of auto and manual with the same settings.

thanks for the thought anyway.

Phil_L

Epic pictures!

There is some speculation in the press that a lot of the fires are arson, instigated by speculators trying to get around restrictive land development regulations.

Hope it isn't so......

adrian_k

I'm afraid that's also what I've heard. Also (in a perverse sort of way) I glad to hear the arrested arsonists are being charged with murder.

Phil_L wrote:

Epic pictures!

There is some speculation in the press that a lot of the fires are arson, instigated by speculators trying to get around restrictive land development regulations.

Hope it isn't so......