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Favourite Photo - Silhouette

Silhouette

My previous "Favourite Photo" showed the movement of light. this photo however shows the shadows or darkness that was a night in Nowra. 

The photo is of a lone volunteer firefighter shooting water up into a tree to extinguish smoldering branches to prevent the fire from travelling up the tree and into the bush canopy. The flames in the background are part of a back burn put in to control the main fire.

I think a photo like this one captures a real moment in time.
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  1. NickyAugust 5, 2010 at 3:45 PM

    Two words came to mind when I saw this pic, 'Oh Shit!' Love the pic. I think it completely captures the nature of an Australian bush fire. There is just so much intensity and it's so overwhelming. It's incredible to see the efforts of the firefighter against this enormous fierce monster.

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  2. SqueakazAugust 5, 2010 at 4:06 PM

    After a while you learn to make fire your friend. this is mainly because the RFS teaches you about fire behavior and you develop the ability to predict what the fire is going to do to a certain extent

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