Burnt and Charred by cocokinetic

Burnt and Charred

We don't have incendiary fires here. Not at the moment anyway, and as far as I know, never have had seriously destructive fires, thank goodness. The cane fields are sometimes on fire, but these are usually controlled fires, to ease harvesting and get rid of rats.

( https://short-fact.com/is-sugar-cane-still-burnt-before-harvesting/ )

This is a photograph of a few trees I captured in BW on my phone this afternoon - the foreground tree had bright sunlight on it, the others were in shade.

Then I did some cropping and rotating and contrast adjustment in Lightroom, and added in the flaming fiery environment afterwards with an app I use frequently called Mextures.

Even though the song doesn't address or portray apocalyptic fires, the result still made me think of the song -

Beds are Burning, by Midnight Oil:
https://youtu.be/ejorQVy3m8E

A pretty neat cover of the same song by AWOLNATION:
https://youtu.be/gCwnoQFDCq8

The title sort of wormed its way into my head.

Fantastic edit, looks so real
July 28th, 2023  
Cool idea, great edit
July 28th, 2023  
Great shot
July 28th, 2023  
Awesome edit...really does look like a raging fire!
July 28th, 2023  
I remember the song. I never really listened to the lyrics but always liked the music and rhythm. Now I've read the lyrics. So much deeper thought than expected by just listening to the music. Very appropriate especially now with much of the northern hemisphere "burning" up.

The effect you achieved is perfect for the the song.
July 28th, 2023  
It does look like an inferno.
July 29th, 2023  
Terrific!
July 29th, 2023  
Great editing. It looks like a photo of real fire.
July 29th, 2023  
This is really striking, fav!
July 29th, 2023  
Midnight Oil were so ahead of their time with their climate/environmental warnings. thank you for bringing this up
August 9th, 2023  
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