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Clouds of Smoke
Clouds of Smoke
Revecca


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Clouds II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Apple iPhone 4S
Location: Clermont, FL
Date: Mar 21, 2014
Date Uploaded: Mar 25, 2014

 I am not sure how this will do seeing as I was thinking outside of the box with this entry, but we were having a prescribed burn in the state park that I work at and I liked the way the smoke looks.

I only snapped a few pictures because I was actually on the clock at the time so I took the best one I could get with my iPhone.

That's that.

[Apr. 1st, 2014 05:06:11 PM]

In reference to the comment regarding being able to see "spots", those spots are actually ashes that were flying all over the place. Not because my lens was dirty.. however, in hindsight, I probably could've cloned those out in PP to avoid confusion. Thank you either way!

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Nikon D7000
Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4
 07/04/2014 02:40:39 PM
My family has been in S W Florida for about 6 generations. I'm happy that the park service/ forestry finally figured out that the natural landscape here does better if it is allowed to burn off the fluff every few years. We both my grandfather and my father were woods guides. My grandfather, born about 1875 at Ft Myers guided with an ox cart, which was a popular mode of land transportation in this area back then. My Dad and I used to burn palmetto patches in the middle of wet season so that deer and quail would have good places to live and fresh growth to eat.
Nice snapshot of an activity that not too many people understand fully.
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Olympus E-10
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 04/04/2014 11:24:08 AM


Regardless that you have explained that this is a "controlled burn" - It looks uncontrolled, this fire and smoke among those vulnerable pines shows the very realistic danger of how small fires can easily expand & consume many acres of trees or prairie. I think an excellent image - gave 9.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/31/2014 08:44:58 PM
Very dramatic and cool pic..spots are able to be seen
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Nikon D3200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 03/31/2014 05:27:06 AM
Clouds of smoke indeed. I can even smell the burning bushes.
OTOH, the photo doesn't work for me at all :-(
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Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 03/26/2014 08:48:43 PM
Got them both good on you
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