Bushfire
The bushfire has now spread to the other side of the mountain and can be clearly seen from the Samford Range and from other areas of western Samford (such as Camp Mountain Road, where I shot this from).
Alas, the one day the tripod isn't in the car is when I need to take low light photos on the way home. This shot was balanced on a fence post, but it's still a little blurred as I had to hold the camera because of high winds.
Upon heading home, I noticed the fire is still burning in Cedar Creek valley too, up near Halls Rd, but the bit in the middle between these two fire fronts has now burnt out. This of course means the fire brigade is fighting two separate fires now.
View all photos taken: Wednesday, 11th April 2007, This photo: 6:07pm
impressive. Any danger to property around there? Sounds like you need a 50mm 1.8 with IS :) The photo looks pretty good for a landscape at 1.8 though!
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Not too close to home I hope, David
On the one hand I feel a bit strange faving a photo of a raging bushfire, as it is certainly no laughing matter and I hope they get it under control again.
On the other hand I really like this shot, the fence post was a good stand-in for the tripod, I'd say.
I was just watching Lord of the Rings - the Two Towers ...this is eerily similar to the view of Mordor!
Seeing as you had no tripod.... you could pop this shot into the "no tripod" pool!! www.flickr.com/groups/notripod/
I like how it's hard to tell where the fire ends and the sunset begins. It increases the sense of drama.
Potentially, yes Prescott. There are a couple of houses on that range, and quite a good deal more at the bottom of it. However, right now I'd have to say most houses are fairly safe. The fire fighters are doing a bang-up job of keeping it confined to the bushland.
About 3 or 4 kms down the road and across the valley from home Cecily. Close enough to want to keep an eye on it (and for us to all be well and truly smoked when the wind blows our way).
Thanks David. Yes the handy fencepost stood in as a makeshift tripod quite adequately (no good for the longer 20 sec exposure I tried though as the wind blew the camera strap and shook the camera).
It is a bit, isn't it Alison! There's something about fire at night/dusk that's just very appealing and yet sinister in a way.
Funnily enough, Lea remarked very similarly Iain.
A fantastic photo David but yet so scary for you - sounds as though everything is under control though....
We can hope Holly. I always get the urge to ask the fire fighters if they need a hand or something when I see bushfires like this. If I wasn't tied to a regular day job, I might even consider volunteering for the local bush fire brigade, but that's just not going to happen while I have large bills to pay.
Well, I hope the firies get it under control and keep it that way, and I'll keep you in my thoughts.
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Thanks Mike. It doesn't look anywhere near as serious as the one that was down your way not too long ago, but it's still close to home (relatively speaking).
It appeared to be mostly out when I drove past this morning (mind you, I didn't stop, I was peaking while driving)
But its raging on the otherside - you know, where I dropped Kara for her playdate... :(
(and I think bushfire volunteering is an activity they know you have to fit around your day job. But you can't fit in everthing you do now...)
Yes, on the news on the way home they said it had burnt out 400 acres, but was now under control and no properties were in danger. They also said that the fire investigators were leaning heavily towards the fire being deliberately lit.
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