On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 08:28:47 -0500, "Doug" <[email protected]> said: > That's a telling image, Brian. Reminds me of the waterspout shot in > downtown Miami a couple years back. > > A good number of out PDML family live in Oz. I hope none of you are > affected by these fires. I'm reading this morning that they are > reporting 854 dead. You guys stay safe. >
Thanks Doug The toll from the fires isn't quite that bad, but bad enough. 108 confirmed dead as of Monday morning with over 750 homes destroyed. Several small towns now exist in name only. It's being reported as the worst natural disaster in Australia's history in terms of deaths. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > On Feb 7, 2009, at 10:25 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > Bushfires are an unfortunate fact of life in much of southern > > Australia > > in summer and are causing havoc in many parts of Victoria as I write > > (25+ dead, over 100 homes destroyed). Then there are the ongoing > > floods > > in much of Queensland..... > > > > Anyway, by coincidence I came across this image of one of the several > > fires in 1994 that destroyed property in parts of suburban Sydney. > > This > > one was in the Royal National Park about 40 km to the south of the > > centre of Sydney. I took the photo from my office building in > > Sydney's > > CBD. > > > > The original was on Kodak Ektar 100 (I really liked that film!) but > > the > > scan was pretty awful so I decided on a b&w conversion. I used Focus > > Magic to try to get some sharpness into the foreground buildings and > > then used mainly the red channel plus a bit of tonal adjustment here > > and > > there. > > > > > > http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/125130/Where_There039s_Smoke.html > > > > > > Comments, as always, most welcome. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
