Bushfire, a photo from Northern Territory, West

Photographer's Note

Bushfires are a very common occurance in Australia.
This one in the Northern Territory, was probably lit by a cigarette butt thrown from a passing car. But often they are lit on purpose to promote new growth in dry grasslands, therefore giving fresh green shoots for the cattle to graze.
The native aboriginal people used fire a lot to scare small animals out for food. Some native plants can't drop their seed unless a fire has heated the nut or cone to allow it to open and the seed to drop.
This fire was not posing any danger to houses or livestock.

carmem_busko, Kolyamour, jmignot, markoci, christina, SoupDragon, bartove has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

carmem_busko (3718) 2005-01-08 0:55

A sad history and scene... in a beautiful picture.
Very nice contrasting tones.
Rgds,
Carmem

Kolyamour (1760) 2005-01-08 1:08

Bright flame and blue smoke - fantastic difference in brightness and contrast...

centurion (0) 2005-01-08 1:30

Fantastic capture.

sharkattack (268) 2005-01-08 1:51

its superb color balance lovely composition...well done

sound (242) 2005-01-08 2:59

Cruel and beautiful together. I like the palm lit with blaze and fire itself is so realistic. Very good, Kevin

jmignot (204) 2005-01-08 3:16

Great colors! The flames are very vivid and the smoke produces a mysterious blue color. Well done, Kevin.

markoci (3933) 2005-01-08 3:23

beautiful colors, i love how the green of the palm tree in the middle still shows through the smoke. very well composed, tfs.

yekjohn (1890) 2005-01-08 5:17

Beautiful and scary! The power of nature at work again.

christina (2040) 2005-01-08 9:45

kevin,
Your note is very informative and interesting. I like the warm/ cool combinations in this image. It really makes the colors pop!

dsolarov (422) 2005-01-08 11:50

Beutiful picture, but scary. Good colours and composition. Interesting bluish effect above the fire.

Skarrlette (96) 2005-01-08 19:06 [Comment]

Show Comment

singuanti (15250) 2005-01-18 18:52

what a beautiful contrast between fire and palm trees behind it. the fire and its colors look great, as does the blue haze in the background. congrats!

SoupDragon (652) 2005-01-18 21:38