Fire in Nobody Cares Land

[Don Schaeffer]

Brush fire lit up the sky last night. I ran out (it was around freezing) with my 55-200 mm lens and my new speedlight mounted.

[Frog]

Looks too close for comfort to me. Wasn't that ground covered with snow a couple weeks ago?

[Don Schaeffer]

Yes it was. Actually, I was quite far from the fire. The 55-200 mm lens really worked here. The Speedlight gave me some framing from the grass in the foreground.

[MB1]

Not bad. Did you set the fire to try out your new camera at night (not that I care!)?

The last image has a bit too much foreground, the middle one not quite enough and the first is just right!

[Desertdog]

I like the first image the most, personally; the trees seem in focus despite the fire behind them which gives them great detail against the bright background!

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks MB and Dog.

I think the fire was deliberately set to clear oyut an area of reeds behind the trees. The fire blackened area seemed almost perfectly contained in a rectangular area just where the reeds were.