This view show the regrowth on a foothill on the East side of the Galletin mountains. The fire was in 2007, so it’s pretty clear that the current conditions will not support the growth of trees (even the small ones that burned here) on the higher, drier slopes. The natural world rebounds from trauma, but often with different life forms.
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The mix of green and standing burned trees caught my eye as I explored a back road. Given that this area oftens experiences 50 mph winds, I’m amazed at how may of the burned snags are standing.
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R5, 24-105 @ 70, 1/13 s, f/16, iso 100, tripod and polarizer.
Mark: I remember an area much like this on one of our visits and caught a moose wandering around. Not knowing what is in the FG I might have been tempted to tilt the camera down a bit to include more of the new conifers on the bottom and a bit less sky. For this particular presentation I’m attracted to the undulating land forms and I think I would crop about 50% of the sky to give the hillside more prominence and less real estate in the frame to the sky. I like how you brought out the colors despite the direct light. Nicely done. >=))>
Hey Mark I appreciated this shot because my local San Bernardino Mountains have also been hit by major wildfires, and I have spent a lot of time shooting the burn areas. What caught my eye here are the fallen trunks crisscrossing with the remaining standing dead trees – so I’d say I’d like a closer shot filling the frame with that chaos. I do appreciate the desire to show an entire burned mountain because it communicates scale, but I think your best approach here is tighter and closer.
