Comments on: Smoke

By: A Breath of Fresh Air. Please. | K-Squared Ramblings

A Breath of Fresh Air. Please. | K-Squared Ramblings — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:54:30 +0000

[...] conditions are really bad, we get massive fires across the region. It’s happening now, it happened in 2003 (with the Cedar Fire being the largest), it happened in 1993 (the nearby Laguna Beach fire being [...]

By: City of Smoke | K-Squared Ramblings

City of Smoke | K-Squared Ramblings — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:44:07 +0000

[...] The winds are still going, which made the drive this morning… interesting. Leaves skittered across the road, swirling in dust devils. Some eucalyptus trees looked like they were bending at at least a 30° angle (and back again). My office turns out to be directly in the path of the smoke plume. I’ve got some photos of a sepia sky, orange sun, and palm trees with all their leaves on one side, which I’ll try to post tonight, though it looks rather like the photo I posted during the October 2003 fires. [...]

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 04:23:03 +0000

I’ve been saying this a lot, but it bears posting: after that experience, I will never again criticize Peter Jackson’s digital grading techniques as being unrealistic. I could almost see the Ringwraiths flying around Saddleback.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:29:54 +0000

Wow. That isn’t through a sepia-tone filter, either, is it?