Fire and Rescue Vehicles???

[kangareaux]

Anyone have any firetruck or emergency vehicle pics to share? I have access to fire trucks, and it just bugs the living daylights out of me that I can never seem to capture the emotion I feel when i'm seeing them. (Anyone understand that or am I just being *a girl about it* as my 13 year old would say)

Anyone want to share theirs and show me how it's done? :rotfl2:

Oh, and I'd LOVE to see some HDR firetruck pics that aren't so overdone that they look grimey. (I love HDR pics. But usually like them to have that "dreamy" or "shiny/slick" or "awe" feeling. The grungy ones usually just don't do it for me....:confused3 )

Anyone? :flower3:

[sabrinadv1]

I just got my camera and have not had a chance to really take any yet. We are on the same page though. My husband is the chief of our volunteer fire department. Alot of my life revolves around the department. I am going to get them to dress up in their turn out gear and take some photos soon. I am still practicing and learning about my camera. I am taking a class this fall. When I get some made I will post them. We should keep this going and give each other ideas.

[ukcatfan]

Get some firefighters in the shots. If their kids are available, that would also be nice.

[rmdavis]

here are a couple from where I work, not the best shots but hopefully they work
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/IMG_6578.jpg

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/IMG_4755.jpg

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/IMG_5080.jpg

a couple of night shots in action

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/IMG_6557.jpg

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/DIS%20Scavenger%20hunt/IMG_6552.jpg

[sabrinadv1]

Ha Ha my midle one is always available. He is only seven but, he already has his own turn out gear AND boots.

[funkychunkymonkey]

If your willing to wait a bit, illl give this a shot. Im headed up home in 5 days and will have unrestricted access to the fire trucks. I bake cookies for the firefighters every christmas so they spoil me.

[Suburbanmom]

The neighbors had a late night emergency...they are fine now. :)

http://amyhenkel.zenfolio.com/img/s7/v8/p701778555-4.jpg

[Gianna'sPapa]

Just to interject a little WDW:cool1:.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4820395604_bcb7ee2cc4_b.jpg

[kangareaux]

I just got my camera and have not had a chance to really take any yet. We are on the same page though. My husband is the chief of our volunteer fire department. Alot of my life revolves around the department. I am going to get them to dress up in their turn out gear and take some photos soon. I am still practicing and learning about my camera. I am taking a class this fall. When I get some made I will post them. We should keep this going and give each other ideas.


Sounds like a plan.....except my picture taking will go WAY DOWN in August. I go back to work and school (both full time). :sad1:

But I still want to see what you get!!! :thumbsup2

[kangareaux]

here are a couple from where I work, not the best shots but hopefully they work
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/IMG_6578.jpg

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/IMG_4755.jpg

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/IMG_5080.jpg

a couple of night shots in action

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/IMG_6557.jpg

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad58/robresq2/DIS%20Scavenger%20hunt/IMG_6552.jpg


Hi Neighbor! :wave2:

I'm near Baton Rouge. :)

Glad to see I'm not the onlyone who can't resist the truck pics! (....even when they are through the car windshield! I do the same thing! LOL!) :thumbsup2



ETA...were they driving with their ladder door open???

[kangareaux]

If your willing to wait a bit, illl give this a shot. Im headed up home in 5 days and will have unrestricted access to the fire trucks. I bake cookies for the firefighters every christmas so they spoil me.

I got all the time in the world...LOL!

It's just a thing that's bugging me about my lack of ability when it comes to getting *that shot*. (If that even makes sense...LOL)

[kangareaux]

The neighbors had a late night emergency...they are fine now. :)

http://amyhenkel.zenfolio.com/img/s7/v8/p701778555-4.jpg


Glad they are OK...

WOW that pic is sharp!!!

[kangareaux]

Just to interject a little WDW:cool1:.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4820395604_bcb7ee2cc4_b.jpg

Now who could resist shooting that fire truck?!?! :lovestruc

[Mosca]

I was taking some shots of the local firemen's parade. I was trying for a certain effect, and didn't get it, but the shots aren't awful, either. IMO, these I consider "unsuccessful", but I'll share them anyhow.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Mosca/DSCN1159.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Mosca/DSCN1158.jpg


Earlier, before the trucks came down the street, my neighbors were sitting out close to the road, with their little dog Bentley. But as the trucks got closer, all the sirens had Bentley going nuts, and they had to take him inside. Betty then stayed in with Bentley, and Bill moved further away from the road, back to the middle of his yard. I was looking to get an "Americana" shot. But the only way to get Bill and the trucks nice and tight was for the truck to get closer to me, and in doing so they then dominated the frame. Without the trucks dominating the frame, the points of interest are too far apart. Oh, well. If I was going to do any further work with them, I'd probably photoshop the mailbox out, but the shots don't work for me, so I'm kind of done with them.

[Mosca]

Here's Lampeter #1 in the evening sun.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Mosca/_7171041.jpg

[kangareaux]

I was taking some shots of the local firemen's parade. I was trying for a certain effect, and didn't get it, but the shots aren't awful, either. IMO, these I consider "unsuccessful", but I'll share them anyhow.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Mosca/DSCN1159.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Mosca/DSCN1158.jpg


Earlier, before the trucks came down the street, my neighbors were sitting out close to the road, with their little dog Bentley. But as the trucks got closer, all the sirens had Bentley going nuts, and they had to take him inside. Betty then stayed in with Bentley, and Bill moved further away from the road, back to the middle of his yard. I was looking to get an "Americana" shot. But the only way to get Bill and the trucks nice and tight was for the truck to get closer to me, and in doing so they then dominated the frame. Without the trucks dominating the frame, the points of interest are too far apart. Oh, well. If I was going to do any further work with them, I'd probably photoshop the mailbox out, but the shots don't work for me, so I'm kind of done with them.



Isn't that just annoying?!? LOL! They're still really good pics...just not what you want. Sometimes that's more frustrating than flubbing the shot completely. :hug:

Gotta say though, I LOVE the old truck.....pretty!

[kangareaux]

Here's Lampeter #1 in the evening sun.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Mosca/_7171041.jpg







:love::love::love:

[Gianna'sPapa]

Chicago FD responding!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4822240145_73753594d3_b.jpg

[atsolomon]

Hi, here's a photo I shot in Boston of a fire truck coming down the road:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/4660274266/in/set-72157624075109267/
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1297/4660274266_9ba48d0eff_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/4660274266/in/set-72157624075109267/)



I kind of lucked out with this one. I was stepping out of a cafe when I heard the siren. I was already in TV (shutter priority) mode, so I was able to slow the shutter down to get some nice motion blur.

Regards,

Adam

PS, thanks for the tip ukcatfan!

[ukcatfan]

Umm, anyone know why I cannot get an embedded photo to show in this post?

Hi, here's a photo I shot in Boston of a fire truck coming down the road:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/4660274266/in/set-72157624075109267/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/4660274266/in/set-72157624075109267/


I kind of lucked out with this one. I was stepping out of a cafe when I heard the siren. I was already in TV (shutter priority) mode, so I was able to slow the shutter down to get some nice motion blur.

Regards,

Adam

With Flickr you cannot just copy the address from the address bar. There is a way to link to the actual image. The bar link is to a HTML page.

[rmdavis]

Kangareaux: Howdy neighbor, I kind of thought you were from south Louisiana with the username. Ya'll getting ready to brace for Bonnie?

The pics are actually of the dept I work for a couple were taken for a yearbook we are putting together, the one with the black bunting on the rescue was for a funeral. And nope he wasn't driving with the door open those 2 pics are actually taken on scene of a working fire. I was sitting in the ambulance (my side job) and had to snap through the windshield. Wish I had gotten it from outside but oh well..

Everybody else nice shots I love the other night time shots and the pic of the chicago truck.

[kangareaux]

Kangareaux: Howdy neighbor, I kind of thought you were from south Louisiana with the username. Ya'll getting ready to brace for Bonnie?

The pics are actually of the dept I work for a couple were taken for a yearbook we are putting together, the one with the black bunting on the rescue was for a funeral. And nope he wasn't driving with the door open those 2 pics are actually taken on scene of a working fire. I was sitting in the ambulance (my side job) and had to snap through the windshield. Wish I had gotten it from outside but oh well..

Everybody else nice shots I love the other night time shots and the pic of the chicago truck.

the door...ahhhh.....makes sense now! LOL! (I was thinking "Oh I bet they were glad those didn't slide out!" Glad to know it was stopped. ;-D)

Beautiful trucks...but I'm biased given my location. ;) (I'm almost positive they were made just down the road from me.)

I actually didn't catch the bunting until I had a second look at them. (I saw the doors...which shocked me...which *clicked* in my mind with where they were made...then I went back to look for a flame logo/plaque on the truck and saw the bunting. What can i say...I'm easily distracted. :rotfl: )

I have a fire photo I love, but not a truck photo. If I can figure out how to get it online I'll post it. (I haven't posted a pic in ages.....don't even remember which service i use....hehehe...)

eta: (looking again, maybe those aren't the brand trucks I think they are. Very similar though if not. But I see no flame logo so I'm not sure...)

[kangareaux]

Chicago FD responding!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4822240145_73753594d3_b.jpg

Nice photo! And nice truck to! Like the colors...

[kangareaux]

Hi, here's a photo I shot in Boston of a fire truck coming down the road:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/4660274266/in/set-72157624075109267/
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1297/4660274266_9ba48d0eff_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/4660274266/in/set-72157624075109267/)



I kind of lucked out with this one. I was stepping out of a cafe when I heard the siren. I was already in TV (shutter priority) mode, so I was able to slow the shutter down to get some nice motion blur.

Regards,

Adam

PS, thanks for the tip ukcatfan!



Great movement! You can definately tell he was in a hurry! :)

[rmdavis]

lol you would be correct they were made just down the road from you. Our dept runs 15 frontline apparatus and all but 2 now are made by them.

[kangareaux]

lol you would be correct they were made just down the road from you. Our dept runs 15 frontline apparatus and all but 2 now are made by them.

PMd ya

[DVC Jen]

what are you planning on using them for? Not being nosey. :) Just trying to decide if it would be OK to send you some that I have. I have been given special permission by our city fire chief to take photos at house/building fires and I have hundreds of shots. Not sure how many have fire trucks in them but I know a lot do.

[kangareaux]

what are you planning on using them for? Not being nosey. :) Just trying to decide if it would be OK to send you some that I have. I have been given special permission by our city fire chief to take photos at house/building fires and I have hundreds of shots. Not sure how many have fire trucks in them but I know a lot do.


Not using them for anything. Just wanted to browse through some. There's not a forum out there that has a supply of firetruck pics to browse...at least that I've been able to find. ;)

[fireman17]

Here is a link to the fire apparatus we have at my department. Enjoy the show!!
http://www.localf219.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_pics.cfm&viewmode=thumb&galleryID=7677&gallery=Apparatus

[Experiment_626]

I'd LOVE to see some HDR firetruck pics that aren't so overdone that they look grimey. (I love HDR pics. But usually like them to have that "dreamy" or "shiny/slick" or "awe" feeling. The grungy ones usually just don't do it for me....:confused3 )Hmmm ... you may have just given me a mission ...

[Mosca]

Isn't that just annoying?!? LOL! They're still really good pics...just not what you want. Sometimes that's more frustrating than flubbing the shot completely. :hug:

Gotta say though, I LOVE the old truck.....pretty!

Oh jeez, yes. I saw the shot in my mind, the fire trucks in a line and my neighbors sitting in their yard with Bentley straining at his leash, and the flags, and the summer colors. I sat at the end of the driveway for half an hour, chit-chatting, laughing, scratching the dog's ears, toying with the camera settings and taking some test shots (it is the Nikon P5000 point & shoot, I don't use it a lot). Then everyone moved, and minutes later, with sirens and shouting and all sorts of commotion, the parade came down the street. And it didn't look anything at all like I imagined.

Yeah, Lampeter #1 is pretty nice. We went up to the bazaar later, and I like the way the late evening sun turned it kind of orangey.

[plyeng2ff]

Give me some time to load my pictures to webshots. Collecting pictures of fire apparatus and fire station is a hobby for me. I have a bunch of my fire stations loaded on webshots now but I will start to put my apparatus up. Here is a link to my webshots page

http://http://community.webshots.com/user/plyeng2ff (http://community.webshots.com/user/plyeng2ff)

Here is a link to one of the firefighters from my station
http://http://www.northeastpafire.com/ (http://www.northeastpafire.com/)

Hope you enjoy the pictures and I hope to be able to post some pictures soon.

[sabrinadv1]

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/sabrinadv1/fire/IMGP22092.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/sabrinadv1/fire/IMGP2615.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/sabrinadv1/fire/IMGP2617.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/sabrinadv1/fire/IMGP2611.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/sabrinadv1/fire/IMGP2612.jpg

[fireplug]

We just bought a new Squad. Once it gets in service I will snap some pics of our vehicles!

Squid

[heatherbelle]

Here are my fire vechicles, my Mum worked for the fire service here in the UK, so I take them for her. I have a little point and shoot camera, so sorry about the quality.

This one was taken in LA at a fire musuem

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz224/heatherbelle2006/DSCN2964.jpg

This one was taken at Buckingham Palace in London. Looks like the Palace has its own department.

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz224/heatherbelle2006/DSCN3680.jpg

[RSHEALAND]

http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af234/RSHEALAND/rick7262010326-1.jpg

[RSHEALAND]

http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af234/RSHEALAND/Michele8410702.jpg

[plyeng2ff]

http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/9095/2082387380096169834S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2082387380096169834VWLjOz)

Engine 1
http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/39472/2114752480096169834S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2114752480096169834OUVbwx)

Engine 3
http://inlinethumb55.webshots.com/44150/2434633310105219829S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2434633310105219829mxRoDj)[/IMG]

[plyeng2ff]

http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/6552/2157585640105219829S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2157585640105219829guhtAZ)

[plyeng2ff]

Plymouth Engine 2 Old and New
Our 95 Seagraves and our 68 American LaFrance
The American LaFrance is just a parade piece now. The company had the chance to buy it back and we jump at the chance to bring back a piece of history back to our department.

http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/47200/2875207650096169834S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2875207650096169834VbPhMm)

http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/46265/2639645900096169834S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2639645900096169834ZahGen)

http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/47724/2397730030096169834S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2397730030096169834PqedQD)

http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/47109/2201181310096169834S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2201181310096169834WroXRq)

[plyeng2ff]

http://inlinethumb35.webshots.com/30434/2729085510096169834S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2729085510096169834mmHUOi)

http://inlinethumb35.webshots.com/23970/2292746790096169834S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2292746790096169834OAMpac)

[kangareaux]

Somehow I forgot about this thread and found it when looking for something else. (I actually know how i forgot...school and work started again and my life went into hyperdrive...LOL)

Anyway, a LITTLE late but wanted to say what great pics you all posted. maybe we can do this again and make it a summer assignment. ;)

ETA: That pic I had last summer. Not firetrucks, but....well, I don't like any of my firetruck pics. LOL!

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/kangareaux/SHOPFIRE.jpg

(Oh wait....there's a firetruck in that corner back there! :rotfl: )

[topdog]

How about a rescue helicopter instead?

http://www.pbase.com/vwtopdog/image/85551726.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/vwtopdog/image/85551727.jpg

[kangareaux]

How about a rescue helicopter instead?

http://i.pbase.com/g6/92/618992/2/85551726.cDICuI54.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/g6/92/618992/2/85551727.kFKUZVjS.jpg

I can't see them. Just red X's. :sad1:

[topdog]

Oops!!! I think I fix it now.

[capt445]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5323298333_ec58d977ab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/capt445-pics/5323298333/)
Waiting... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/capt445-pics/5323298333/) by capt445 (http://www.flickr.com/people/capt445-pics/), on Flickr

Heres one of them in the station. I don't have any with them in action, usualy when they're busy so are we.

[manning]

I remember this when I saw it in the early '50s. I lived in the country and we had a volunteer fire dept. It was a subscription dept and they didn't have much money. If you didn't subscribe they watched your house burn down. I think it cost $8.00 a year.

They used to keep the trucks (2) in a barn until it became tax supported and they were able to build a firehouse. Someone would take the call, run down to the firehouse, blow the whistle and write down where the fire was on a blackboard. Everyone would go to the firehouse first and the first two to arrive would drive the trucks.

They would go down the road with a fireman sitting next to the driver cranking the siren. It was a Reo. They had to keep their trucks a long time.

http://www.fire-engine-photos.com/picture/number16655.asp

[spinetnglr]

How Santa travels when there is no snow for the sleigh .... taken Christmas Eve 2010 ... Santa travels around the township every year this way :)

http://rewindtime.smugmug.com/Family/Christmas/i-bPJGV4C/0/L/christmas10-18-L.jpg

[zackiedawg]

Wish I did have some fire trucks - but unfortunately not. Closest I can get are the following...

Disney (Reedy Creek) fire station:
http://g2.img-dpreview.com/ECA92525E373477D9D4427CDDE659710.jpg

Coral Springs Police motorcycle:
http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg/image/104566509/original.jpg

Coast Guard rescue helicopter:
http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg/image/130300319/original.jpg

Magic Kingdom firehouse:
http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg/image/120136227/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg/image/108793189/original.jpg

Funny thing is that I do love fire trucks - but either don't have my camera when I see a good shot, or the situation doesn't seem appropriate to shoot them!