After the fire

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted August 12, 2011266 views5 comments

Just weeks after the fires that have been ravaging the Everglades, the rainy season has finally started and everything is coming back to life as this vine climbing up a burned Sabal Palm trunk shows. The palm itself may have a burned trunk on the outside but it's green on top and doing fine. Just natures way of keeping things in control.
7d, 100-400, f 10, 1/80, iso 200

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Comment posted by Hank Pennington on August 16, 2011 at 10:01 AM

You nailed it Don! While this doesn't shout "palm" to me, that may be a plus for the utility of the photo. It can be used in diverse environments to illustrate the renewing effects of fires. The light is a little harsh, but somehow that's a plus for me, perhaps adding an element of harshness to the new vegetation even as it reveals more detail in the blackened trunk.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 17, 2011 at 1:39 PM

Congrats on a nice WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on August 17, 2011 at 1:52 PM

Congratulations, Don. A well deserved win.

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Comment posted by Steve Kennedy on August 17, 2011 at 4:07 PM

Very nice image of renewal, Don. Well seen and captured. Congratulations on the WP too!

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Comment posted by Don Mc Donald on August 17, 2011 at 10:28 PM

Thanks everyone for your kind comments.

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