…gets hosed off, and keeps on going!
[QUOTE=The article I linked]
Maneely [the photographer in question], who lives in the small town of Ukiah in Northern California, is experienced in photographing wildfires and understands the intricate choreography that ground and airborne fire-fighting crews use to battle a blaze. As he told us, however, he got one detail wrong when shooting this fire:
“I expected the bomber plane to make its drop from North to South, but it veered at the last moment and came toward me standing completely exposed on the roof of my house.” As the plane began dropping fire retardant, Maneely recalled an earlier lesson he learned about being fearless when capturing a moment, and he kept on firing.
“I knew this was a shot I didn’t want to miss,” he explained, “and I held down the shutter button as the plane ascended directly in line with the sun.”
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Of course, it’s a Pentax, which are known for taking incredible amounts of abuse.
Anyway, given the photo he got, I can’t really blame him for continuing to shoot!