I shot this last week during the devastating but historic Palisades Fire that destroyed somewhere around 70% of all the buildings, both residential and commercial, in the Pacific Palisades of Los Angeles. I've seen a lot of tragic events over my career, but this is one of the most impactful.
One interesting thing I noticed when I made a large print of this shot was that there were two men (I'm guessing they were firefighters) standing on the roof of the house at the bottom of the scene. I'd like to find out who they were some day so that I could show them this.
Shot with a Nikon D750 with a Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. Focal length was 200mm, exposure was 1/500 sec (Should have slowed it down to 1/250) at f/3.5 and ISO 100.
In the Eye of the Firestorm!
A very tragic event and situation - I wish we could figure this out, where what's preventable is prevented!