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Home Fire in the Heartland
Home Fire in the Heartland
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Challenge: Every Picture Tells A Story (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Ohio
Date: May 4, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Emotive, Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 4, 2008

 My wife and I were driving down the road on the last day of this challenge on our way to pickup some groceries. As we travelled, I noticed some smoke rising up above a section of trees. We decided to see if we could follow the smoke and this is what we ended up seeing once we got there. The house was nearly fully engulfed by the time we left.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 05/08/2008 05:24:16 PM
Yikes! What a sad story this tells. Excellent photojournalism.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/07/2008 11:54:22 AM
scary! the smoke is great, fun to photograph
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Nikon D5100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
 05/06/2008 04:11:09 PM
excellent opportunity shot
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/05/2008 09:32:37 AM
The smoke is interesting but not the main focus of the picture for me. I would have cropped much tighter, especially on the bottom.

Hopefully the ambulances were only precautionary, and they were properly insured, and they saved their old photographs first.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus FE-240
05/05/2008 08:52:53 AM
Ugh! Heartwrenching! My parent's house is made just like this one...
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