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WC Dry Cypress Strand
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WC Dry Cypress Strand

by RL Potts

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted August 7, 201263 views5 comments
Drought can lead to some extreme fire behavior as in this dry swamp at Big Cypress National Preserve.

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5 comments
Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on August 8, 2012 at 7:10 PM
Drought can have so many negative consequences, including fire as your photo shows. Great image with the interesting forms of the Cypress trees surrounded by the tall billowing smoke. Vertical comp works great for this. I hope you didn't get too close to get this shot, Robert!
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Comment posted by John Tobias on August 9, 2012 at 12:02 AM
Shows the fire well without having lots of flames in the image. Thanks for sharing.
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Comment posted by Mark Hopgood on August 10, 2012 at 12:14 AM
All the verticals and low perspective are effective.
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Comment posted by Ed Williams on August 10, 2012 at 12:54 AM
Yikes! Looks like Northern California forests right now. We seem to be getting a lot of fires, both lightning and manmade. Great detail int he smoke, and it really tells the story.
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Comment posted by Basil Greber on August 13, 2012 at 1:38 AM
Awesome shot, I really like it. In terms of composition, I'd like to see a bit more at the bottom, to have some space between the roots of the larger trees and the edge of the frame. But that's about all I'd critique here. :wink:
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