Fire on the Helderberg

taken from Ken Forrester winery. About two weeks ago there was a controlled fire which got out of control and burnt a huge patch which one can clearly see. The wine farmers burn the old clippings of the vines. I hope that it will be better controlled this time.

[Babs]

Oh dear, we have the same problem here sometimes. Controlled burns that get out of control. They always seem to pick a hot day or a windy day too to control burns. Makes you wonder what they are thinking.

[narayani]

Lovely composition. Hope the fire didn’t do too much damage.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Oh dear , what a problem - but a wonderful landscape view for us to admire ! Lovely composition ! and a big fav !

[Wylie]

Nice framing here. I thought that was fog until you said fire! Beautiful scene.

[Susan Wakely]

The smoke adds another layer to he scenery. Let’s hope it was controlled.

[Chris]

Wonderful scenery. Nicely framed.

[Joan Robillard]

The low cloud makes the shot

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wow fire makes great photos but is rather frightening

[Dione Giorgio]

Great framing for a wonderful scene. Very easy to lose control of a fire when everything is dry.

[Valerie Chesney]

Gorgeous capture.....hope those fires don' get out of hand.

[Peter Dulis]

Love this one

[Gosia]

Nicely framed

[Mags]

Well framed!

[katy]

It looks so pretty until I discovered it was fire instead of mist! Beautifully composed photo though.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is beautiful and I love how you framed it.

[Merrelyn]

The smoke adds a nice touch to the scene. I hope the fire didn't cause too much damage.

[Bep]

Let’s hope the fire was controlled. Beautiful photo and framing.

[Nina Ganci]

nicely framed
you would think our farmers know better than burning

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderfully captured!

[gloria jones]

Love the natural framing, layers

[LManning (Laura)]

Lovely layers.

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful capture

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful shot

[Kerry McCarthy]

Wow, that's a shame. Hope no permanent damage was done. Nice shot.

[Chris Cook]

Lovely landscape. I like the framing provided by the branch.

[tony gig]

Another beautiful view...fav

[Poppo Livy]

great landscape

[Esther Rosenberg]

Wow, what a story. Beautiful capture but sad it burned more than the controlled substances.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful

[Judith Johnson]

An interesting capture, so beautiful, despite the fire

[George]

Interesting narrative and great composition and framing.

[KWind]

Beautiful view and framing.

[Islandgirl]

Oh no how sad, but this makes for a beautiful shot!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I can't believe they still did a controlled burn there when the rain has been so scarce. It's still a pretty shot.

[Shutterbug]

I’m not sure what our wineries do with their clippings. I know we have a law to prevent burning rice fields. That produced such sticky smoke that we had to cover our bike seats with shower caps when I was in college. Love how the mountain is framed by the tree branch and the green vineyard.

[Jane Pittenger]

Nicely framed

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[Diana]

@onewing @narayani @beryl @pusspup @wakelys @kipper1951 @joansmor @koalagardens @sangwann @happysnaps @pdulis @gosia @marlboromaam @grammyn @mittens @merrelyn @gijsje @ninaganci @photographycrazy @seattlite @ljmanning @craftymeg @bkbinthecity @mccarth1 @cdcook48 @tonygig @terryliv @dutchothotmailcom @elisasaeter @busylady @gaf005 @kwind @radiogirl @olivetreeann @shutterbug49 @jgpittenger @rickster549 Thanks for the lovely comments, favs and getting it on both the TP and PP. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Michelle]

Lovely scenic capture

[Jennifer Eurell]

Those mountains are beautiful - and beautifully framed.

[Vesna]

Bautiful image, but I thought it was cloud - not smoke.