Ken Papaleo: X Marks the Shot: Army National Guard 's water dropping training.

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Army National Guard Training for Wildfires at Chatfield State Park.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 100

Shutter - 1/80sec.

F/stop - 29

Lens - 70/200 zoom

Challenge.

I hadn't been out for a blog shoot for a couple of weeks, so I headed out. I found myself at Chatfield State Park in Littleton, Colorado. Upon entering the park I noticed helicopter activity in the south east corner. The Army National Guard where undergoing water dropping training. It looked interesting but I had no access and would have to shoot from a distance.

Solution.

The thing that really helped me with this shoot was having all my gear with me, including my 500 mm lens. Using this lens and a 70/200 zoom I was able to get a good variety of images.