I was out on the balcony with Gillian this evening, watching the sun descend into the smoke. We’ve had a thick haze lingering in the Bay Area the last couple of days because of forest fires north of Sacramento and south of San Jose.

I was thinking that I should have driven out to the coast or up to the the ridge to take some photos of the sunset. But the next best thing, I figured maybe I could get a shot from the balcony, so I grabbed my camera and tripod, switched to a 300mm lens, and had time to take a few frames.

http://www.zombierunner.com/photography/2007-09-06_forest_fire_sunset/

I just found out that a photo of mine from September’s Rio del Lago 100 made the cover of the latest ultraRUNNING Magazine. The shot is of our friends Rajeev Patel and Carmela Layson, both who were running their first 100 milers. They both had very strong finishes.