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Quite a lot of bushfires in and around south-east Queensland today. The prediction that August would be our worst season for quite some time may just be right if the last couple of days is an idication.

On scene were 525a and 527y. Later Narangba 51 and 41, 524a, and 527a joined the fight.

Nice crisp, clean shots xerubus. I can smell the smoke already! It is way to early for our Fire Season.... We have only just had the first backburn in our region last week.

Having spent a few years as a Bushy I know how hard it is to really get the shot that show the power of the flames. IMHO the best of these shots is number 9 as it tells some story.
Number 7 could be called "Moses and the Burning Bush"

Mal wrote:Nice crisp, clean shots xerubus. I can smell the smoke already! It is way to early for our Fire Season.... We have only just had the first backburn in our region last week.

Having spent a few years as a Bushy I know how hard it is to really get the shot that show the power of the flames. IMHO the best of these shots is number 9 as it tells some story.
Number 7 could be called "Moses and the Burning Bush"

yeh.. far too early. It has been predicted that August will be the worse month for Qld this year.... Hopefully the prediction is wrong...

I learnt a hell of a lot taking these shots... very different to the standard MVAs etc that I shoot.... and surprisingly dark within the smoke....

thanks for the comments.. much appreciated...

cheers

I think I remember a few photos from Ash Wednesday. Could be wrong though.

There were a few shots that grabbed me from this particular set of photos. Pictures of a highway and trees with flames as tall as the trees jumping over the highway. Pictures like that really show how powerful this beast is.

Also the shot of an exhausted CFA volunteer with black charcoal smeered on his face.

The second photo is great, almost looks like we are seeing through water.

pippin88 wrote:The second photo is great, almost looks like we are seeing through water.

that is the only shot that i felt a little worried about as the flame seemed to be coming towards me a little too quickly.... very happy with how that one turned out...

cheers

Looking at these images I thought they looked a bit "harsh" is probably the best way to describe it. I wonder if the flame did some weird thing.

But when I saw the B&W. It stands out from the crowd. Awesome image

What, if any, PPing did you do to that other than the B&W conversion?

embi wrote:Looking at these images I thought they looked a bit "harsh" is probably the best way to describe it. I wonder if the flame did some weird thing.

no.. that was my processing.... very strange environment to be shooting in and had to up the contrast to help out. really dark under the clouds of smoke, but then very bright when the smoke thins... was a good challenge.

embi wrote:But when I saw the B&W. It stands out from the crowd. Awesome image

What, if any, PPing did you do to that other than the B&W conversion?

shot in raw... increased vignette in acr... and then processed b&w with a brown tinge.

i love processing shots like that, however the newspapers don't like that type of thing at all... all they want is a colour shot correctly exposed.. which is quite boring most the time.

cheers