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Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Nature
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Power (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K10D
Location: Black Butte Ranch, looking towards Mt. Washington
Date: Sep 1, 2007
Aperture: unknown
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/4000
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2007

 The GW Fire in Central Oregon. (with the Pentax smc 200mm f4 Takumar)

September 4 update - a quarter inch of rain has helped firefighters in their battle to contain this 7000+ acre wildfire.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 151
Avg (all users): 5.8732
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.4186
Avg (non-participants): 5.9938
Views since voting: 1001
Views during voting: 333
Votes: 205
Comments: 14
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 09/13/2007 11:03:17 PM
what tnun said. stunning.
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 09/12/2007 11:45:19 PM
Visually, this stands above the others: a classically balanced composition, but then you wonder about the red sun, then really begin to notice what is happening... and finally, finally (after seeing the helicopter and water bomb(?)) appreciate your title. Stunning work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/12/2007 08:57:05 PM
I thought this was great, very underrated a great example of the challenge and a great photo all its own.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2007 07:34:19 AM
Nice smokey sun
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/11/2007 07:04:00 AM
Very impressive! The futile helicoptor and that glowering sun. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 09:45:11 AM
very nice shot and a bad title - why man? why not the power of nature or any other name - what does man have to do with this pic (unless this is another where is Waldo prank) -8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/08/2007 02:18:46 PM
i like this a lot...i would have cheated though and photoshoped the sun down a little bit
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 09/07/2007 02:40:59 PM
interesting shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2007 03:19:23 PM
Neat, powerful shot. Although that sun looks terribly fake, the contrasts in this photo are amazing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2007 01:47:02 AM
let me just say that this is fantastic! Very reminiscent of Magritte's "The Banquet".
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2007 08:10:16 PM
Hard to see the tiny water-drop plane, but guessed something should be there from the title. But no matter; this is a great shot of the devastation, power, and light/darkness of a forest fire. Love the sun darkened by smoke!
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 09/05/2007 02:25:52 PM
Wow - pretty cool.

I think that is a helicopter carrying water? I think this is a major part of the story behind this image but it is just too small in the frame - I thought it was a bird at first...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2007 09:07:44 AM
Simply fantastic and breathtaking! The helicopter is the icing on the cake giving the viewer some scale and context to this amazing scene. Well done. My top pick thus far.
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 09/05/2007 07:31:59 AM
I don't get it.


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