Lassen Hat Creek Recovery

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted June 20, 2012272 views6 comments

Not sure if this photo belongs in this gallery or not. It shows the slow recovery process after the Hat Creek Complex fire that was caused by several different lightning strikes in August of 2009.

Sunset was beautiful even though a bit stark with the dead trees still standing. A bit windy so I had to clone out a few unruly branches in the lower right side of the photo.

Comments and critiques are appreciated.

Canon 60D, f13, 1/4 sec., iso 400, -0.7 exp. bias, 44 mm (17-85 lens) IS turned off, Circ Polarizer.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 20, 2012 at 10:07 AM

Good documentary shot.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on June 20, 2012 at 12:11 PM

Interesting photo. The larger post does show the situation much better than the thumbnail, glad I looked at it. It would be interesting to see this scene in another year or two. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on June 21, 2012 at 1:25 AM

The larger version really shows off the desolation. I like how the fire damage is bracketed by the splash of foreground color of the flowers and the sunset on Lassen. Nice shooting.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on June 30, 2012 at 7:42 PM

As Rick said, Good documentary shot. It's nice to see that beauty can eventually come from the sad views we are seeing from the Western fires this year.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 13, 2012 at 9:15 AM

The vertical framing works very well, your LP looks great Ed.
Nice work!

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on July 15, 2012 at 3:30 AM

Thanks for your comments. I plan to return to watch the progress in the future.

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