Fire Fighting!

Looking at the image again and the other one suggested by Micheal, I think that the impression of the odd angle for the plane (at least for a 4-engined large aircraft and not an acrobatic plane) may have been caused by the use of a fairly long focus lens or longer setting of a zoom lens. The trees are in fact probably more distant than they seem and at the top of a more distant mountain or hill. It might be interesting to know from Janine what focal length and sensor size she employed, if that was recorded.

End - I simply was pointing out that the other image did not appear to have the same deficiencies that previous comments addressed. Perhaps I was a bit too emphatic in my statement about that image being selected as the POTW. I hope you would agree that the other image also succeeds as " . . . seeing an interesting event unfolding, pointing a camera at it and pressing the shutter."

Yes Michael and I was simply pointing out that what you had suggested was impossible without access to a time machine.

End - Your agreement is duly noted.

Magnificent photo! Likewise the drama that goes with it.

Great tone and dramatic scene.

Fabulous capture!