The Fern Lake Fire smolders in Spruce Canyon and Forest Canyon. The fire started on October 9 and lingers still. It will take a fire season ending snow to extinguish the fire.
The jet contrail and the car are the distracting elements. They are really distracting to me... to the point they wreck the scene. At least, they draw the eyes away from the subject, which is the fire/smoke. I think a third distracting element is the top of the aspen grove at the bottom of the scene. The coniferous tree on the left border is not a distracting element, as it frames the scene and lends balance.
I'm worried about this one in the challenge. Usually, when I like an image, some of the voters really hate it. There has been a group of voters who resent realistic landscape images. We'll see how this turns out.
After the voting: 12 votes below 5. I don't understand the lowball stuff on an image which meets the challenge.
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I like it (7), and am a fan of landscapes in particular. I wonder if the group of voters who resent realistic landscape images, as you stated, is responsible for 1s and 2s. At least you got only two 1s. (I mean who the heck gives 1s and 2s for a shot like this - it didn't even miss the theme).
The jet trail, yes, somewhat distracting, and ... the smoke? The smoke contributes to the beauty of the image, although I know that it probably signals serious destruction. I love the photo. (Maybe it's the car?)
Beautiful scene. Then jet contrail, yes, the car - hmmm...have to really, REALLY look to see it. I'm giving this an 8 first because it's a wonderful image overall, and second because the challenge description was met (albeit with a magnifying glass). :_)
i like this teh road and the car and the vapour trail, im guessing this is hanh23 as he likes to express his dislike of man made things in landscapes, ergo distractions. not a view i share but it fits this very well. i like the smokey valley and im sure you've got a cropped and cloned one some where. what does it look like with a the sharpen brush in aperture rubbed through the distant trees they are lacking just a little in 800px still one of my favourites so far,
Lovely photo, just gorgeous. I think that wildfire adds so much to the photo that I wouldn't personally call it a distraction. But then there is that darn car on the road :)
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