After the bush fires.

[bendle]

In 2009  we had devastating fires in the Marysville area Victoria. These are some of the affected trees still standing
Taken with Nikon DF , 55mm f3.5 AI lens.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

A poignant reminder that Nature always figts it way back.

[HCS]

Really nice shot.

A (minor) pity for me is that the right top part isn't see-through like the rest of the picture. In other words, in the rest of the picture the young green "shine" through the burned, grey tree trunks. While at the right top, the grey tree trunks seem to block view on anything else.

Perhaps there are some options in the vantage point, if you'd visit again.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

That only implies the burnt-out area goes on "forever". In my opinion, a small yet important message attached to the photo as such.

I noticed the greens of the regrowth are rendered Df-style, ie. quite dull. Have you considered adding more saturation to the greens (only), pus brighten them a bit? Can make a tremendous difference on some Df captures. My standard RAW converter PhotoNinja was hopeless on Df green hues for a long time, but the last incarnations are improved. Probably they got a new, and better,  profile for the camera.

[Erik Lund]

Very nice graphical rendering! The little 55mm 3.5 is a bargin lens with huge performance, here the zero distortion and flat field works and is needed, just the right tool for the job!

[bendle]

Bjorn,  you are correct, i think this is a better photo.

[Øivind Tøien]

Much better, the contrast between new green life, and that of the past.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

(NG Team notice: a second, new topic merged with the old as they belong together)

[Jan Anne]

So I guess not all Australian trees are genetically protected against bush fires, they look pretty dead to me.

When pretending to be the Bush Tucker Man in Arnhemland many many moons ago I started a lot of preventive fires by burning the dead vegetation, the trees were fireproof however and the dead grass was replaced by lush green grass only a few days later which made hunting the water buffalos a lot easier

Thanks for bringing back those memories, great image btw

[pluton]

I like this, both as a photographic composition, and as an illustration---at least to my eyes--- of a complimentary color illusion.  The tree trunks seem to me to have a slight magenta cast.  A quick check, using an Adobe product, shows that they are not magenta, but a cool neutral.