Asher, the fires here as caused by global warming, natural causes and some, have human origin.
Fires is business like war, for example. To fight fires you must have equipment, prepared men, planes, helis and so forth. And the trees may also be a business.
The government has some means for fighting the fires which are sometimes, insufficient.
Antonio,
A fine picture, but is color really needed?
Do you have a detailed picture of that wall in the background with two empty eyes?
The burnt tree is like a guardian to the place of death. I would be looking for such a specimen to take home as a sculpture representing this risk.
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I have never before considered such fires as a business. But that's a realistic alternative perspective, like looking at "Tourism", (voyeurism, photographing everyone around), or worse still, looking in this POV at private enterprise US prisons, US "law enforcement" and "US The drug war"!
All about churning money!
Living in the much more stressed environment of Portugal, with incredibly tragic losses of employment and opportunities, one is, perhaps more aware of reality.
Here in Los Angeles, we live in a LALA land of fantasy and frivolity!
Asher
Asher, the color is not necessary indeed. It is my intention to go back and re-photograph to make only sepia images. And I wanted to do so under the full moon.
I hope to be able to go today but I am not sure if Luisa let me go.
Even if I will not be heading there today, I would like to go back in broad daylight and re do everything from scratch.
That would be marvelous. Those trees, as you well know can survive for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years.The burned tree is an olive one. I am sure it will recover when Spring comes.
We need to add beauty then and invasion of other folks privacy as big seedy enterprises!Yes, fire is a business as much as war. Pretty simple for Human Beings ! If something/activity gives money and power, let's move on, even Human lives are at stake. As old as Humanity. Examples are everywhere in time.
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I almost forgot: the building in ruins is a building (have to search for the right name) belonging to the complex of tacking the water to town.
@ Doug
Thank you for the link. I also often read on line.
@ Roshni
It was shot here, in my home town
One can see on the left side of the pin some kind of white fence which is, in fact, the aqueduct.
Today at 21:30 2 friends of mines and myself will be heading to this very place to make some photographs in the dark night.
The Moon is still rather full today (Illumination=98.2%) but I am more interested - and so they are - in trying to paint with light.
The other day I made a light painting in there. It was a quick job.
I was not very comfortable being alone in such a place and so I was in a hurry.
I want to do a more exquisite work this time. Everything is ready: camera, power, cards, tripod and LEDs
Asher, Setubal is not a dangerous place to live in. Moreover, Portugal is one of the most secures countries to live in. Thanks to it's small importance. Lisbon is also, a secure city......
The same bulding in ruins
and upstream the aqueduct
Please Asher do not compare me to Ansel...
The aqueduct is from XVIII century and it provided water to Setubal.
These are it's remains.
Cheers
I made this one some other day.
I went to the place of the wildfire at night.
I found much more difficulties than I expected: There was a strong wind which I should expect, there was too light of the bulbs in the area, the fights from town were too present also, the Moon decided to have a look at the area, the terrain can cause a fall so I had to be aware, the focusing of the camera in the dark is more difficult to get, two hands were not enough and so on...
I got two images at the end. One pretty common and uninteresting of a tree and another from the engine of the car almost burned in the vicinity.
I "kind of like" the photo of the engine. A Ford Taunus perhaps 25 years old
Fly with some wildfire dried figs...