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    Burnin' Sky (sun is on fire in California)

    The fires out in California (once again!) provide some great conditions for photography.

    I shot this one last evening out of my living room window with an older Nikon COOLPIX L810 grab-and-go camera at max zoom (who goes outside anymore, and especially when everything is on fire?).

    Actually, I was not near any fire but they were still close enough to smoke up my area.

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    re: Burnin' Sky (sun is on fire in California)

    Good shot... is that the roofline???

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    re: Burnin' Sky (sun is on fire in California)

    Of tragedy comes art. Great concept and execution.
    I seem to be on some sort of crop fixation recently, so perhaps try a tighter crop to remove the partial tree to the right. A bit stronger image in my estimation.

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    re: Burnin' Sky (sun is on fire in California)

    I think your on to something Trevor. I would paint out the offending tree. Then I would crop out a bit of the right side to adjust the distance between the main tree and the edge of the frame.
    I find the image to be visually interesting and eerie because of its story.

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    re: Burnin' Sky (sun is on fire in California)

    Beautiful and yet terrifying.

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    re: Burnin' Sky (sun is on fire in California)

    Thanks everyone!

    Nandakumar: Yes, a roofline. Here is an unedited outtake. The sun was actually orange; this camera was recording it as pink. The tight zoom shots were more red overall.

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    Trevor: I did struggle a bit with the crop as I thought the same thing as you, though if the extra/distracting tree is removed, a bit of depth/context is lost. I wish the main tree was closer to the sun (or vice-versa), then maybe the loss of the extraneous tree wouldn't be noticed as much. But here we go – I agree it's better:

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    Tom: Indeed, but thankfully viewed from a distance, like this view just to the right of the other from some days ago.

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    re: Burnin' Sky (sun is on fire in California)

    My brothers are both in Northern California, pretty ugly there too. I think all of the west coast is on fire

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    Re: Burnin' Sky (sun is on fire in California)

    This evening the sun came out. For a minute.

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    Re: Burnin' Sky (sun is on fire in California)

    It looks quite beautiful.

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    Re: Burnin' Sky (sun is on fire in California)

    Thanks Joe, here's another "through the window" shot from last night. The nuclear wiinter continues...

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