Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Outstanding Montana Fire Shot
From: John Coan <jcoan@alumni.duke.edu>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:26:17 -0400
References: <000101c02b05$c292b800$6c0110ac@ccapr.com>

I found a link to the stroy. Pretty amazing.

http://forestry.about.com/science/forestry/library/weekly/aa092400a.htm?iam=mt&terms=%22john+mccolgan%22

"B. D. Colen" wrote:
> 
> "Mother! Mother!?" cried Bambi.
> 
> "She's dead!" responded a little child's voice from the back of the theater.
> 
> (Honest to God. I am not making that up.)
> 
> And that is a pretty amazing fire shot - assuming that it wasn't done with
> Photoshop in the Disney studios.:-)
> 
> B. D.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Coan
> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:47 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: [Leica] OT - Outstanding Montana Fire Shot
> >
> >
> > I received the picture at the link below in my email this evening, by
> > virtue of being a member of another mailing list that has nothing to do
> > with photography.  I think this picture is so good that some of you
> > might want to see it, so I uploaded it and am posting the link below.
> >
> > I would enjoy reading your comments, either privately or to the list.  I
> > think this picture is outstanding.  What do you think?
> >
> > Here is the text that accompanied the picture:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 2:41 PM
> > > Subject: Fw: Check this out
> >
> > > > >This picture was taken in Bitteroot National Forest in Montana on
> > > > >> August 6, 2000.  The photographer, John McColgan, is a
> > fire behavior
> > > > >> analyst
> > > > >> from Fairbanks, Alaska.  He took the picture with a digital camera.
> > > > >> Because
> > > > >> he was working at the time he took the picture, he cannot
> > profit from
> > > it;
> > > > >> however, the picture is a once-in-a-lifetime shot and should be
> > shared
> > > > >>
> >
> > And, here is the link:
> >
> > http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/falothsjoj/images/montanafire.jpg
> >
> > John
> >

In reply to: Message from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (RE: [Leica] OT - Outstanding Montana Fire Shot)