Fire!
Where?
About 30 miles east of the Daily News' location about to jump a state road in the Eglin Preserves.
Although spread onto 90 acres of the Eglin property this past Tuesday, the wildfire was contained before it reached State Road 20, and the tree-top flames melted into thick smoke that rested like fog over a lake in the morning just before we arrived on the scene.
Branches were still burning here and there (pictured above) and fire crews still remained in the area to make sure the situation was indeed contained (top picture - published). There were no injuries and no structural damage done by the fire, and at the time, the cause behind the fire was unknown. I enjoyed this assignment even though I was unable to catch any flames. I'm sure there will be other opportunities for that.
The oil in the gulf was a terrible thing, but that doesn't mean everything that comes from it has to be equally terrible. Niceville students used the presence of the oil in our gulf area to study its impact on the marine life. They took samples from the beach in the Destin area and brought it back to their labs at school to analyze. In the first picture, the two students look at different types of worms found in the gulf water:
This student measures, records the name and depth of the sea creature, and then has another student take a picture of the final product:
This is a sample of the sand found in the water where the student divers went. All three pictures were published.
Volleyball has been a challenge for me... but one that I wanted to take on and succeed in. This week I made a few minor changes to my settings and my shooting habits and found the results to be very positive. I captured several great shots and submitted two for print. The middle one appeared in the print edition. This game was at Fort Walton Beach and against the Niceville Eagles. Niceville won the match 25-8, 25-15, 25-15.
Video from the game:
Then came Friday night football. Coming off of a successful shoot in a low-light, fast-paced sports game, I applied many of those new changes to this football game and found equally-pleasing results. The game was at South Walton, who was the winner against the Baker Gators, 21-14. The top image was published.
Video of the game:
This was South Walton's homecoming game, and since I am a photographer that shoots for print and online galleries, I photographed some of the homecoming ceremony. The senior who was crowned the homecoming queen was genuinely shocked at her nomination, so I caught a few frames of the moment along with a student's reaction to the announcement:
That is all for this week. Check back next week for more and visit the Web site:
www.nwfdailynews.com
www.varsitysportswest.com
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