Fire!!!

luckydog

Spent a tough 16 hours in the field trying to stop this grass fire. Started by a hot exhaust on a 4WD that was stopped in the long grass and ended up burning about 400 hectares of land.

The culprit...A Nissan Patrol 4WD



Lots of smoke from this fire. Note the trees for an idea on how big the smoke column is.





Fires also allow for cool silhouette photos :



Like a scene from a war zone...



Thanks for looking :thumb
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Tessa HD

those are ALL excellent,
so it's dry out there, huh? What a shame. Since I've been volunteering and got my new camera, we haven't had brush fires like this. Not that I wish for fires, however they do make good subjects for photography! Thanks for sharing!

tessa

USAIR

Good ones
#1 and 4 are awesome

Thanks
Fred

zigzag

Great pics, especially the last one. So...was that your truck? Helluva way to create a photo op, dude.

Angelo

powerful images dog

gus

All great catches mate. We get the best sunsets when there have been fires about.

Awais Yaqub

Sad it was fire
but great shots

Malte

Love the last one, really gives you an aftermath feeling, especially with the lonely tree still standing.

Malte

luckydog

Thanks everyone

No it wasn't my car. I was driving a red one with flashing lights and hoses.

Tessa, Good on you for volunteering . One thing I have learnt is to always have a small bag packed and have it near the door. Make sure the camera (I take my old digital just to be safe) and some munchies are in the bag too. I have missed some incredible opportunities because I was in a rush and forgot the camera :cry

Dixie

Absolutely great shots. I loved everyone of them. Too bad it took a fire to get them. The same thing happened here in the US when they first started putting catalytic converters on cars without proper insulation and shielding.

DanielB

those last 2 are outstanding

System

who would've thunk it!--

sorry about the fire but---
great shots!--

george