Bushfire Sunset

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Bushfire Sunset

Postby Raskill on Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:17 am

Ahoy folks,

Took this one a few weeks ago from my block. There was a bushfire about 10 km's away and it was throwing up a fair bit of smoke, which made for a bit of a grovie sunset. SLight cropping and contrast.saturation PPing applied.

I'm thinking of getting this one printed big and framed. It's a little bit of something different for me.

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Postby barry on Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:16 pm

Nice shot Alan. Nice & subtle.

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Postby Lukaszek on Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:19 pm

The colours are beautiful! Nice capture
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Postby NJ on Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:11 pm

i would definately print it big and frame it! its a great shot!
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Postby Pehpsi on Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:18 pm

awesome colours here, great capture...
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Postby sheepie on Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:26 pm

Love the contrast between the blue sky in one corner vs the deep red in the other :)

Only thing missing in this pic is for the tree to have cinders on it ;)
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Postby Jeff on Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:05 pm

Hi Mate

Nice image very different from your normal,but I guess flames are still an element in the shot.

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Postby jethro on Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:07 pm

Nice composition Alan and exposure is great as well
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Postby ozimax on Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:12 pm

Nicely taken shot, don't tell me Bx is on fire? :) From which direction was the fire coming?
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Postby Stargazer on Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:25 pm

Love how the black tree stands out against the fiery red ... almost like it's already been burnt.
It reminds me of scenes from the movie "Lord of the Rings" :twisted:
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Postby Raskill on Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:17 am

Thanks for the comments folks. It was one of those lucky shots.

The fire burned out about 1500 hectares, so it was only a little 'un. Probably not so little if your farm was on those hectares though.

Hopefully thats as close to the town as fires get this year.
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Postby Razor on Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:03 am

Very nice shot. Definitely get it printed..
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Postby seeto.centric on Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:03 pm

nice silhouetting. what shutter speed was this taken at?

the only thing i like about bushfires is what they do to sunsets =]
(if that makes any sense)

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Postby surenj on Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:18 am

great colours! well done..
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