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The big fire, 2
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This is another shot of 18 January 2003, the day Canberra was hit by an enormous fire front descending from the Murrumbidgee Ranges. It is taken in the city’s Red Hill Nature Park. The colours are authentic, I have deliberately not enhanced anything here, as it is documentary again.
From looking at the yellow grass in the foreground you can tell how dry the weather had become that summer. The storm caused by the fire front some 5 kilometers to the right is visibly bending the grass as well as the bushes and trees further back. The smoke, looking like heavy pink fog, will turn yellow later on.
The house on the very right is safe. Generally speaking, though, it is built in a dangerous location because it is right in the middle of a lot of natural ‘cinder’.
You can read more in my note with yesterday’s posting The big fire, 1.
PP: Slightly cropped and framed |
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Hi Cordelia I am really enjoying this documentary series on the wild fire- this is some great photo journalism- it's amazing how thick the smoke is. Great perspective to get the smoke and the glow from the fire along with the dried grass to showing how the dry conditions helped to contribute to this massive fire. Well done! Looking forward to the third in the series tomorrow?
Best wishes
Steve
Hi Cordelia,
Thanks for clearing up my misreading your statement in Fire 1.
The lone tree stands out very well in the "foggy" background with the very interesting texture in the foreground.
If only this fire had not brought so much misery and dislocation down there.
OOH yeah, Here in Oklahoma this winter, we had over a million acres burn, sometimes racing across the landscape at up to 40 mph!! Looking at your pic, I started to actually smell it! had to go look outside...Twice!!
Very good capture, thanks for sharing.
Hi Cordelia!!!
Is a lovely shot....great landscape with excellent color and ballance.
My best regards
Rafael
Excellent photo Cordelia of one of our natural disasters. I have friends in Canberra who were lucky that time, houses either side of theirs destroyed and theirs only slightly scorched. Wise choice with the lack of PP work it gives the photo a very authentic feel. TFS,
David
PS Many thanks for your comment on Around Our Garden V
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