Now Famous Photo Taken on October 12th, 2006 of the extensive bushfires on the Easter Shore of Hobart.
This photograph is one in a large series covering part of the 2006-2007 bushfires in Victoria (Gippsland in particular). This one was taken on December 14 (at around 2pm which was over 6hrs before twilight!) on the central Gippsland plains. Early afternoon saw the region plunge into darkness and rain begin to fall – black ash/mud rain fell from massive pyrocumulus clouds overhead generated from the intense heat and the increased localised atmospheric instability from the fires – Sale actually reported just under 3mm. / This particular day was the most devastating during the season which saw the south divide complex burn for over 60days ! Sadly 1 life was lost at Seaton on this actual afternoon – about 25 km’s from where i took this photograph, numerous houses were lost through Toongabbie, Cowwar wier and Seaton as eyewitness reported walls of fire over 100ft high coming over the hills at the back of their properties. Emergency radio broadcasts filled the airwaves as did emergency vehicles on the roads. During this devastating drama there was the fantastic feeling of ‘aussie mateship’ as all around ppl were offering whatever they had to help strangers and locals alike – a day i will never forget ! more of my bushfire related photography may be viewed by clicking on the preview image below / *
This work has been featured in the recent redbubble book The City . “The Big Smoke” also was announced the winner of the Breaking the Rules V: Straight vs Crooked Challenge in the Photography 101 Group Looking at the Sydney CBD from the rooftop parking at Broadway Shopping Centre. In the distance you can see the smoke coming in from backburning operations on the north side of the City. Please also visit my website alexkess.com . Cheers and Thanks, Alex
taken in December 2006 during the Great divide bushfires. more of my bushfire photography can be seen at / Fires
A couple of very cute little characters: / a baby goat and a baby puppy in an / old wine barrel. More dogs, horses and pets here
Taken at Lake Glenmaggie during the Gippsland bushfires in Dec 2006. Typical of Australian summers, the combination of extremely hot, dry days (40 degrees celcius and higher), combined with quite possibly the most severe and longest drought in our history produces ideal weather for bushfire activity. Australia has come to accept that bushfires are a natural occurrence here and that we all have to accept and deal with them.
Bushfire-ravaged forest in the Victorian High Country … the regrowth is flourishing, but the overall feeling is still one of loss.
One I submitted earlier but since improved, near vertical aerial view of a murder of crows above a burnt forest
Abstract Image copyright © 2007, Robert Knapman. Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
I shot this image in November 06 while working on the fireground during the Blue Mountains fires. As a rural firefighter (volunteer), it goes without saying that this helicopter, at the time, was a very welcome sight. Many thanks one and all, for voting this image as the new avatar for the Blue Mountains Group
Templestowe,Victoria,Australia This is a sunset during our Bushfire season, the sky was filled with smoke and the sun was very orange, l positioned the tree leaves in front of the sun to give an oriental look Location map on goggle earth Camera: DYNAX 7D / Exposure: 0.001s (1/1000) / ISO Speed: ISO800 sold / 20×16”framed print
Oil on canvas. 250mm x 250mm
Kurrajong Trees are an important source of bush medicine for Indigenous Australians. Acrylic on Canvas Board / 400 mm x 500 mm
Gerroa is an idyllic village at the Kiama end of Seven Mile Beach on the south coast of New South Wales … their sunset on Tuesday (6 January 08) was aided by smoke haze from bushfires in the Morton National Forest. After a day in which temperatures reached 40 degrees celsius and beyond, there were plenty of relaxed holiday-makers still enjoying the ambience, the breeze and the spectacular skies. Featured on RB’s Art page, in Live Love Dream Group, A Magic Place and Australian Travel Photography and Writing Groups Jan 09 Voted in the Top 10 of the Sunset Silhouette Challenge Jan 09 My Bubblesite also shows works in categories. Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM
Kindly donated by Matt Mawson
Donated by bites. Bites has also pledged to donate any profits that she makes from her profile for the next two months to the Victorian Fire Appeal
To all the Families of the Australian bushfires. / / My heartfelt soul is with you all. Any sales profits from sales of this will go to the Red Cross for relief to the victims of the 7th February 2009 bush fires in Victoria, Australia
This work has been donated by David Thompson. All purchases of this work and any others in this profile will be donated to the victims of the Victorian Bush fires.
This work has been donated by David Thompson. All profits of this work and any others in this profile will be donated to the victims of the Victorian Bush fires.
This work has been donated by David Thompson. All profits of this work and any others in this profile will be donated to the victims of the Victorian Bush fires.
This work has been donated by David Thompson. All profits of this work and any others in this profile will be donated to the victims of the Victorian Bush fires.
Pastel on Colourfix paper – 70cm x 50cm I finished this painting late last year, and thought it was an appropriate RedBubble ‘upload’ given the events of the past week in Australia. It is symbolic of the Aussie spirit and the knowledge that the bush, and the people who dwell in the beauty of the Australian bush, will regenerate! I have entered this painting in a few art shows since I finished it last November, and it has won me four awards! The next art show I have entered it in is at Kilmore, which is a bit spooky, because that is where the intial fire that demolished Kinglake, Flowerdale and the Marysville area commenced. Many Australian eucalypts are dependent on fire to regenerate. This painting depicts the leaves and their ‘gumnut’ seeds from the ‘Ironbark’ species of eucalypt which are prolific on the 40 acre property where I live. The People’s Choice – Ruffy Art Show – Nov. 2008 / The Viewer’s Choice – Art by the Lake at Nagambie – Dec 2008 / The People’s Choice – Strathbogie Art Show – Jan 2009 / Highly Commended – Kilmore Art Expo – March 2009 / Placed in the Top 10 of the Painters in Modern Times ‘Green’ Challenge – May 2009 / Featured in the Painter’s in Modern Times group – May 2009 / Featured in The Best of – August 2009 SOLD from the Old Courthouse Gallery, Seymour – July 2009 It is now August, so quite awhile since I uploaded this image. I received a call yesterday from the person who bought it. They explained that when they saw it in a local gallery they just HAD to have it because it reminded them of how the bush was before the fires, and gave them hope that it will ‘regenerate’ again. On further conversation I discovered that the buyer was from Kinglake, and she had sat in her dam on February 7th and watched her home and everything she owned go up in smoke!!!! She is rebuilding, and has a special spot in her new home for this painting.
This work has been donated by David Thompson. All profits of this work and any others in this profile will be donated to the victims of the Victorian Bush fires.
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