Burn-out!

These are quite usual at this time of the year. Farmers use burning to get the soil back to square one and have to get permission and choose the right time. Wind direction and speed, as you can imagine is very important.
Its really quite dramatic seeing the smoke from miles away and then getting closer and closer! Taken from our car.

[❀ Lynn]

We used to see this, especially with flax stubble, but I think it's been banned now as I haven't seen it in years. Very impressive to watch!

[Phil Howcroft]

WOW looks impressive Maggie

[summerfield]

very nice capture and composition. i like the contrasts of the gold and green with the conttrasting smokes in the horizon.

[Daisy Miller]

Dramatic capture. Good composition. I like the gold of the grain fleld.

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Graeme Stevens]

great shot...should have closer to get those flames ;)

[Beryl Lloyd]

Great shot of those magnificent billowing black clouds of smoke !

[katy]

Well caught for a drive by shot! I like the two colors of smoke!

[Keri]

Looks impressive. Just as well we can't smell the smoke as well.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

If you didn't know about the "planned burning" this would strike terror in someone's heart. Good capture!

[julia]

Great shot..

[Steve]

This is quite a dramatic shot with all that smoke.

[Gena Pegg]

Great windshield shot of the fire...very dramatic.

[Anita Campbell]

Gena, above, is the one who coined the "windshield photography" word for shots taken from the car. This is a good one Well done. Really and interesting landscape photo.

[Maggiemae]

@aglennc @eyesmile I have to admit I was quite pleased with the way this came out. John was going very fast!

[Maggiemae]

@olivetreeann If there wasn't lots of this sort of smoke happening all around the Canterbury flats, I would have been concerned, too, Ann!

[Nick]

Great photo - all that smoke looks very dramatic.

[Joyce]

Great capture.

[richard saffold]

farmers and others burn their fields and weeds here, and every year at least one fire gets away from them.

[Anita Campbell]

Some of my favorite photos have been taken through the passenger side window of a speeding... well, not "speeding".... car.... You did well.

[Gillian]

We have out-of-control fires raging in the Western Cape at the moment - so it's quite scary to see something like this. Hopefully they manage to keep them under control.

[Bev]

Nice shot, Maggie. They burn here as well and have to go through the permit process.