This was a shot that I took somewhat by accident. I had set everything, but didn't realize that I was using tungsten as my white balance. The result was the blue tone to the image, but I thought it gave a better feeling to the situation, a little more dark. This fire occured about 30 miles from my house just two weeks ago. It has been since put out, but the effects were still quite apparent.
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This actually looks like it's recovering and with the sunlight glanced through the trees it looks too un-desolate! Image is a bit too blue-cast for me and may have been better in mono.
The overall image has a nasty blue tinge to it which could be fixed with software and I would have liked to see the colours of the ashes and such. There is this really distracting stump right in the middle at the bottom of the image which should be cropped off as it's firstly distracing and secondly doesnt look burnt enough. It has been cut at the top to show fresh looking bark.
The blue color and the shafts of sunlight show hope to me, not desolation. I get more a feeling of renewal here than destruction. It's an attractive shot, though.
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