Tuesday 3 January 2012

Wildfire

The last few days Ive witnessed some of the most intensive wildfires ive ever seen. A bad combination of dry storms, hot weather and low humidity has resulted in extensive wildfires burning throughout the western part of the West MacDonnell NP. Although some areas did burn with incredible intensity, the magnitude would have been far worse had park staff not implemenented a widespread and effective control burning regime over the last couple of years. For this they should be congratulated.

I took the following couple of photos of the fire front burning on the western Heavitree Range on New Years Eve/Day, when I stayed up till about 3am to shoot. To give you an idea of scale, in the first shot the front is about 7km long. All photos taken with canon 5D mkII, other specs follow each photo.

ISO 400, 70-200mm f2.8 @ 2.8,  15 sec

 ISO 100, 70-200mm f2.8 @ 2.8,  5 sec

The next few photos were taken on new years day in Ormiston Pound.

  ISO 100, 17-40mm f4 @ 8,  1/400 sec

  ISO 200, 70-200mm f2.8 @ 5,  1/640 sec

  ISO 200, 70-200mm f2.8 @ 5,  1/400 sec

I took the last couple of photos yesterday morning. A combination of higher humidity, favourble winds and a coordinated team effort between ground and aerial crews saw the entire western front extinguished. 

 
  ISO 1250, 70-200mm f2.8 @ 2.8,  4 sec

  ISO 320, 24-105mm f4 @ 5,  1/800 sec

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