This is beautifully framed. I suspect it would be just as beautiful without the smoke and haze spreading the color. The puffs of clouds at the top are a nice addition, too.
I thought “tropical” right away, too. Forest fires make me sad but I understand what you say about the necessity. I still don’t like human caused ones, though.
There are a lot of scenes like that for those who get out to see them. It’s well worth spending time outdoors and there’s no price for admission. I wish more folks would take advantage of it. I think we’d all get along with each other better if we all got out to enjoy this beautiful world! It provides a much different perspective than all of those headlines.
The smoke certainly adds a different element to the photo.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — August 5, 2017 @ 11:40 am
Yes, without the smoke it would have been almost a monotone photo.
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Comment by montucky — August 5, 2017 @ 12:42 pm
Beautiful! Please tell us what camera you use.
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Comment by Sharon Huff — August 5, 2017 @ 12:13 pm
Thanks Sharon. The camera for this photo was a Nikon D80 with an AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens.
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Comment by montucky — August 5, 2017 @ 12:45 pm
This is postcard worthy!
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Comment by heartandsoul974 — August 5, 2017 @ 1:02 pm
Thank you!
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Comment by montucky — August 5, 2017 @ 1:49 pm
Unfortunate circumstances to provide the wonderful color of this picture, beautiful just the same.
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Comment by Ron Mangels — August 5, 2017 @ 2:06 pm
The wildfires are inconvenient in our timeframe, but necessary to the forests and beneficial in Nature’s timeframe.
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Comment by montucky — August 5, 2017 @ 7:56 pm
Beautiful! It almost looks tropical!
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — August 5, 2017 @ 2:56 pm
It provides a different look to a familiar scene. Maybe it’s just how we look at it.
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Comment by montucky — August 5, 2017 @ 7:57 pm
This is beautifully framed. I suspect it would be just as beautiful without the smoke and haze spreading the color. The puffs of clouds at the top are a nice addition, too.
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Comment by shoreacres — August 5, 2017 @ 3:15 pm
I think the clouds give a perspective to the somberness of the fire season. They will eventually bring the solution.
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Comment by montucky — August 5, 2017 @ 7:58 pm
So beautiful at night. It does almost look tropical (as another commenter said).
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Comment by Vicki — August 5, 2017 @ 6:42 pm
There often can be great beauty in what we may otherwise see as chaos.
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Comment by montucky — August 5, 2017 @ 8:01 pm
Incredible shot .. and beautifully framed 😀
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Comment by Julie@frogpondfarm — August 5, 2017 @ 11:23 pm
Thank you Julie!
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Comment by montucky — August 6, 2017 @ 7:22 am
Oh to be in a canoe on the river in such light …
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Comment by Sally — August 6, 2017 @ 9:13 am
That would really be pretty!
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Comment by montucky — August 6, 2017 @ 2:29 pm
🙂
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Comment by Sally — August 6, 2017 @ 2:33 pm
Even though that smoke is from something so destructive, there’s still beauty to be found and you nailed it! Gorgeous photo.
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Comment by Mama's Empty Nest — August 6, 2017 @ 11:07 am
There’s always a rainbow at the end of a storm, isn’t there!
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Comment by montucky — August 6, 2017 @ 2:30 pm
Wow, that is truly magical!
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Comment by Jo Woolf — August 6, 2017 @ 2:38 pm
There are many moods to that river. Evenings are the best.
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Comment by montucky — August 6, 2017 @ 2:47 pm
Wow…very nice…..
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Comment by seekraz — August 7, 2017 @ 12:54 pm
The scene is the water between two sections of rapids just downstream from my house. (Fishing’s good there too!)
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Comment by montucky — August 7, 2017 @ 9:04 pm
I could live there for a lifetime and it wouldn’t be long enough….what a treasure.
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Comment by seekraz — August 27, 2017 @ 8:39 am
I thought “tropical” right away, too. Forest fires make me sad but I understand what you say about the necessity. I still don’t like human caused ones, though.
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Comment by Candace — August 8, 2017 @ 4:08 pm
Usually about 60% of Montana’s fires are human caused, but most this year have been caused by lightning from dry thunder storms.
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Comment by montucky — August 8, 2017 @ 9:39 pm
Beautiful image! Like the framing drawing your eye in!
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Comment by Reed Andariese — August 8, 2017 @ 7:21 pm
That natural frame is what made me want to photograph the scene. Of course, around here it’s pretty easy to come by a frame of Ponderosa needles.
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Comment by montucky — August 8, 2017 @ 9:41 pm
I think that I cannot enough praise this photo. I really do love it.
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Comment by Sartenada — August 16, 2017 @ 12:36 am
I’m glad that you liked it Matti!
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Comment by montucky — August 16, 2017 @ 8:49 am
Stunning photo.
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Comment by Laura Elizabeth — August 27, 2017 @ 4:53 pm
There are a lot of scenes like that for those who get out to see them. It’s well worth spending time outdoors and there’s no price for admission. I wish more folks would take advantage of it. I think we’d all get along with each other better if we all got out to enjoy this beautiful world! It provides a much different perspective than all of those headlines.
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Comment by montucky — August 27, 2017 @ 7:37 pm