After The Fire - Still Standing

Holly Cawfield
After The Fire - Still Standing by Holly Cawfield
After The Fire - Still Standing by Holly Cawfield

After The Fire - Still Standing

This was taken just as the sun was rising one December morning. The red of the earliest of morning light against the dark clouds of the sky created a most interesting scene.

The location is a burned out farmhouse and the property is now being developed as a housing tract. Last week the trees were cut down and the area is being bull dozed to make way for suburbia. The scenic country roads in this area are disappearing fast.

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After The Fire - Still Standing belongs to the following groups:

Landscape Photography
  • Jan Piller

    Jan Piller, 6 months ago

    Oh how beautiful….... what a shame…. Holly – this is gorgeous!! wow. Glad you got it before it turned into a townhouse!

  • Travis Easton

    Travis Easton, 6 months ago

    That light is just fantastic Holly, really shows the tree off.

  • Holly Cawfield

    Holly Cawfield in reply to Jan Piller’s comment, 6 months ago

    Thanks Jan! The houses have encroached now beyond that horizon line and the tree no longer exists. It’s a bit disconcerting to drive along that road now and see the ‘progress’.

  • sootycat669

    sootycat669, 6 months ago

    Beautiful capture … The red cast from the sun, also that small bit of blue sky peeping through is wonderful.

  • Holly Cawfield

    Holly Cawfield in reply to Travis Easton’s comment, 6 months ago

    Thanks Travis! This is one of a series and also the morning I learned the importance of watching the light. That day will always be one of those defining moments and it quite changed the way I see.

  • Nixter

    Nixter, 6 months ago

    This is gorgeous, I love the colours. The glimpse of blue through the clouds is a great contrast to the deep tones. How sad that such a beautiful tree has been destroyed :-(

  • Travis Easton

    Travis Easton, 6 months ago

    Isn’t it exciting when you learn something new. Gives you a true appreciation of just how many little revelations the photographic masters must have had to develop from average joe to amazing artist.

  • eyestrange

    eyestrange, 6 months ago

    absolutely gorgeous and such wonderful light as always – a STUNNER

  • RoughDiamond

    RoughDiamond, 6 months ago

    WOW what a sight!

  • Anne Smyth

    Anne Smyth, 6 months ago

    how I hate to see the houses come…lovely capture before the “end”

  • Antanas

    Antanas, 6 months ago

    perfect

  • fdgl65

    fdgl65, 6 months ago

    super shot, love the colours :)

  • Michael Jordan

    Michael Jordan, 6 months ago

    What a shame! still you have a lovely image to remember it by.:)

  • sandhill

    sandhill, 6 months ago

    Stunning! Do these homes have a central clubhouse where people living there could see how it used to look? Lovely!

  • Gene Praag

    Gene Praag, 6 months ago

    You have captured the moment so beautifully. It’s sad that this open space will be gone soon!

  • Nikki Trexel

    Nikki Trexel, 6 months ago

    amazing glow on that scene! the sky is awesome too!

  • toby snelgrove

    toby snelgrove, 6 months ago

    Painting with light … that’s what we do … and, you have captured this setting when the light was painting just right …

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert, 6 months ago

    Gorgeous colours and light!

  • Linda Syms

    Linda Syms, 6 months ago

    Beautiful colurs and atmosphere

  • Carolyn Staut

    Carolyn Staut, 6 months ago

    Well, this is just too beautiful! Thank you for allowing the rest of us to see the world through your eyes and your lens.

  • gresl

    gresl, 6 months ago

    Fantastic setup and composition thanks for sharing.

  • nevillecowan

    nevillecowan, 6 months ago

    Wow Holly, I just love the low light in this shot, it give the idea that a storm has just passed over

  • robert murray

    robert murray, 6 months ago

    a wonderful capture beautiful light

  • Matt Halls

    Matt Halls, 6 months ago

    Beautiful composition and feel to this…love the colours too.

  • Andy Harris

    Andy Harris, 6 months ago

    beautiful golden tones…! Lovely shot

  • AdamDonnelly

    AdamDonnelly, 6 months ago

    Love the tones in this. I bet you’re glad you got to it before the bulldozers did. There’s a place close to me headed for a similar fate that I’ve been meaning to photograph. I’ll regret it if I don’t get to it soon.

  • Jason Laderoute

    Jason Laderoute, 6 months ago

    This is very striking, It is so rich and contrasting to the eye.

  • PanzDragoness

    PanzDragoness, 5 months ago

    Brilliantly executed.. red dusk .. dawn and Red Terra Cotta feeling here.. Simply soothing, yet depressing in the same sense.., The colors blend and bounce brilliantly..

  • Anne Staub

    Anne Staub, 4 months ago

    Beautiful shot, stunning colours.

  • bmckain

    bmckain, 4 months ago

    Great shot, you really see the opportunity in light.

  • AnnieD

    AnnieD, 4 months ago

    Sensational lighting….this is a very beautiful photo!

  • AngelArtist

    AngelArtist, 3 months ago

    What a beautiufl and majestic tree. What Nature did not remove, people removed =( It’s so sad

  • alanalanalan

    alanalanalan, 3 months ago

    Nice Great .Gorgeous colours and light wonderful art BRAVO BRAVO….........

  • Lindsay Berman

    Lindsay Berman, 3 months ago

    wonderful image

  • artist4peace

    artist4peace, 2 months ago

    sad,we are losing such innocent beauty.This is one of my favorite lights in my country livin days gone by

  • artist4peace

    artist4peace, 2 months ago

    sad,we are losing such innocent beauty.This is one of my favorite lights in my country livin days gone by

  • TREVOR IRWIN

    TREVOR IRWIN, about 1 month ago

    This is a beautiful capture of a rare sight for me, an Irishman, living in london and working as a missionary in Africa. I love this, and would never see a scene like this unless I saw your art. Thank you so much

    Please visit my Africa Mission website:
    http://www.philadelphia33.org/

    link to all my art & Writings:
    http://www.redbubble.com/people/joshuatree1

  • monaiman

    monaiman, about 1 month ago

    MAGNIFICENT !!!

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