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25-JAN-2007

Fire In The Sky 84

Faringdon, Oxfordshire

No processing - straight out of the camera!! The flames and heat shimmer are against the sky and sun.

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Part of the Thursday Challenge - to find others Heating up, please #Click Here#

Canon EOS 30D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/400s f/10.0 at 50.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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virginiacoastline18-Jan-2008 15:14
I can really FEEL the heat . . .the heat distortion to the clouds is the clincher!
Matylda Lempel-Chareza Photography02-Jan-2008 20:08
excellent-the second time
Guest 02-Jan-2008 18:27
Stunning!!! ~V~
Guest 01-Jan-2008 23:34
wow, what a powerful photo! excellent! v
Cliff21-Aug-2007 21:03
Oh my - superb V !
Dawn McKenzie-Wykes06-Aug-2007 10:10
Hot STUFF !! excellent work... (Im to find a fire photo for an upcoming assignment for my photography club... but I dont think I will come up with anything like this!! Well done.. its terrific!..and straight out of the camera too!..
VOTED.
Yiannis Pavlis26-Feb-2007 03:25
Beautiful scene,nice colors and composition.
splendid shot.
Robin Reid01-Feb-2007 18:13
Wow! Very striking.
Karen Leaf01-Feb-2007 12:32
yep
Richard Calmes30-Jan-2007 17:23
An awesome picture! V
Squared C29-Jan-2007 19:19
Wonderful!
Eckhart Derschmidt28-Jan-2007 23:42
Fantastic image! Would have bet on some postprocessing, but maybe it would not have possible to do this effect so beautifully artificially.
Guest 28-Jan-2007 15:58
Epic John. V
Guest 28-Jan-2007 01:05
An amazing capture and a beautiful picture!
Michal Zaleski27-Jan-2007 00:39
A stunner, a picture perfect! V!
Bob Floyd26-Jan-2007 21:17
Love the heat shimmer! Well captured John. V.
Dana26-Jan-2007 18:44
That's fabulous. Especially straight from the camera.
Guest 26-Jan-2007 18:37
Amazing - Looks like fire & ice!
Guest 26-Jan-2007 15:33
I never saw clouds and thought 'wow, those look like a sky from a Van Gogh painting' before now. Excellent capture. V
Matylda Lempel-Chareza Photography26-Jan-2007 12:35
excellent shot,vote
beverley harrison26-Jan-2007 08:33
you going around setting fire to haystacks again john? the things we do to get a shot!!
Nicki Thurgar26-Jan-2007 08:17
Fabulous shot, I was sure that was a water reflection in the sky! V
Guest 26-Jan-2007 07:26
now that is a huge fire! i'm always fascinated by the 'heat wave' in the air....and it is so obvious in this image...giving that wonderful diffraction.
Dan Chusid26-Jan-2007 07:24
There goes the neighborhood!
:^O
carol j. phipps26-Jan-2007 07:06
Bravo! Excellent capture.
Guest 26-Jan-2007 06:47
this is simply fantastic! such sharsp and strong image!v
Barbara Heide26-Jan-2007 06:39
wonderful!
Dave Wixx26-Jan-2007 04:43
EXCELLENT CAPTURE. V
Mindy McNaugher26-Jan-2007 04:14
Wow!! Awesome capture!!! Vote!
Guest 26-Jan-2007 03:50
Fantastic shot..
Jen Bixler26-Jan-2007 03:40
Nice of your neighbor to cooperate with our challenge!

So hot I can feel the heat over the pond!
shatterbug26-Jan-2007 03:27
Great shot! Wow 50mm? Is your lens melted? :^O I'm bringing the marshmallows ;-) V.
Wei O'Connell26-Jan-2007 02:58
Excellent shot. vote
Michael Shpuntov26-Jan-2007 02:56
Excellent shot. Great composition and the colors. The hot air and flames are exceptional. Vote.
CJ Burianek26-Jan-2007 02:13
INCREDIBLE!!!! Love this shot!
GMV
Guest 26-Jan-2007 01:57
Oh yeah! Incredible. V
Will Denney26-Jan-2007 01:52
another great shot, john! lots of heat!
Linda Willets26-Jan-2007 01:34
wow.. vote
Guest 26-Jan-2007 01:20
Good challenge response! Tell me you didn't burn your house down, just for this PaD shot???
Guest 26-Jan-2007 01:15
Great capture!!
Faye White26-Jan-2007 01:02
I think I felt that all the way over here!
s_barbour26-Jan-2007 00:56
Oh John, this is fabulous! Wonderful composition and the colours are amazing! vote~
joanteno26-Jan-2007 00:45
You certainly, brought on the heat.. excellent
Cindi Smith26-Jan-2007 00:35
That's one heck of a fire!!!!! Neighbors are always willing to help out. With that kind of fire, Bev wouldn't have to leave her house...just open the windows!
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography26-Jan-2007 00:32
Excellent shot, Vote :)
Guest 26-Jan-2007 00:23
wow
beautiful
Ray :)26-Jan-2007 00:20
This is fabulous John - maybe the best of the crop.
I'd have dropped the farmer a tenner to get that fire going LOL!
~V~
Enrico Martinuzzi26-Jan-2007 00:14
great entry John, really good. GMV
laine8226-Jan-2007 00:04
Perfect heat !!
Karen Leaf25-Jan-2007 23:58
hot hot hot!! Great shot JW!
Guest 25-Jan-2007 23:34
Ditto , ditto and ditto , wonderful shot TFS !
Sheila25-Jan-2007 23:34
Wow! Fabulous, the shimmer!
v
nordic25-Jan-2007 23:33
Amazing shot, was somebody nearby to put you out afterwards!!!
Burning some old junk before you leave??? :-))
Guest 25-Jan-2007 23:20
That is a stunning shot,John!!!GMV
Guest 25-Jan-2007 23:18
Excellent!!! vote
Guest 25-Jan-2007 23:18
Excellent!!! vote
Guest 25-Jan-2007 23:05
Fabulous!! The fire, the reflection, love it all. V
Guest 25-Jan-2007 22:54
Wow, fantastic shot !
J. Scott Coile25-Jan-2007 22:42
I'm sure Bev can feel this one. I had to take off a layer all the way over here ;)

Brilliant effect the heat has on the sky John!
Jola Dziubinska25-Jan-2007 22:31
Agree with Coleen, beautiful painting. Voted, John.
Ian York25-Jan-2007 22:25
John
you sure have a great shimmer
Guest 25-Jan-2007 22:13
Terrifying image! Really great, though. :) V
Scott Browne25-Jan-2007 22:13
Great shot! LOVE the heat shimmer! That's what I wanted to do, but couldn't figure out a way to do it without building a huge fire. *grin*
Guest 25-Jan-2007 22:06
Fab!!!!!!
Sharon Rogers25-Jan-2007 22:02
wow that's hot! Love the shimmer, just gorgeous! v>
Zak25-Jan-2007 22:01
looks like a painting indeed, v!
Coleen Perilloux Landry25-Jan-2007 21:56
I think you get the prize. Looks like an oil painting, especially the clouds.