#775. Bastrop Fires #3

More of the devastated Forrest around Bastrop, Texas taken a few weeks ago.

Title: "Bastrop Fires #3"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24/105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin > textures from flypapertextures.blogspot.com

#772. Painted Face

Surrounded by the effects of drought followed by fire you might think that even the smile painted onto this Bastrop water tower would turn upside down...but he (a water tower is a "he" right) remains undaunted. Normally these trees would all be green but the heat caused by wildfires burning rapidly through the underbrush killed them and left them as golden as the setting sun shining on the smiling watcher.

Title: "Painted Face"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza 2 plugin

#760. Twice Burned

Taken this past weekend. One of the shells of the homes destroyed in wildfires around the Bastrop, Texas area.

Title: "Twice Burned"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza 2 plugin > Nik Silver Efex 2 plugin

#758. Bastrop Fires #2

Continuing with shots from Bastrop, Texas this past weekend.

Title: "Bastrop Fires #2"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105 L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex 2 plugin > textures by flypapertextures.blogspot.com

#757. Bastrop Fires #1

Just back from a trip around Central Texas over the last three days.  Everywhere we went we saw evidence of the stress to the environment caused by the current drought affecting much of Texas.  The area around the town of Bastrop was particularly hard hit by forest fires a couple of weeks ago.  It is shocking to see the path of destruction left by these fires.

Title: "Bastrop Fires #1"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105 L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex 2 plugin > textures by flypapertextures.blogspot.com