Houston, Heights Blvd. Fire

[BigEasy]

Woke up this morning to the sound of a news helicopter hovering over the neighborhood. A quick check of the news said there was a massive fire in the 1100 block of Heights Blvd... about 3 blocks away. It was about 34 degrees … but I decided to walk down and see if I could get some shots. The main fire was pretty much over by the time I arrived. Guess I might have gotten more of the fire if I hadn't stop for cigarettes and a cup of coffee in route. But is was early... and cold!!

Most of these are very high ISO (4000 to 6400iso) using available light. So many are very grainy.

Full Gallery at: Gene Inman Photography | Heights Blvd. Fire

[my3peas]

Wow! These look awesome at such high ISOs! Great work!

[PhotoByLeal]

that was the $2 million dollar home with water sprinklers installed!

the Nikon D7oo handles noise very well @ HIGH ISO, I LOVE mine......

[BigEasy]

Thanks. Yea the D700 loves low light. All where shot with a 70-200mm @ f2.8. The white balance was a bit of a chore because of all the different lights... everything from Sodium Vapor to LED. So I just set it to 2800k WB as it looked best on the display and batched tweaked the NEFs when I got home.

Hoping the upcoming D800 does as well or better with more resolution. That will be sweet!

[ronocnikral]

nice shots. i was lying in bed wondering what the helicopters were out for. i rolled by about 6:45 sporting my bright orange shirt and a bicycle. tres crazy. did you see the chron's photog's pictures? There were some good ones in there as well.

the house was still smokin' this morning.