Forest Fire Animation

This might not fit on a photography blog, but I just finished my first crack at animation. I was writing an article and shooting photos about a project using controlled fire to improve aspen forests. I needed something to help make the scientific concepts a bit more easily digestible, especially since the last burn was 4 months before I moved to Utah, and this is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy.

Standard.net Video Player

Sadly, the video player at the paper doesn't work with some phones and portable devices. If you don't see it here, you can still view it on a computer.

Fire Follow-up

After spending the first half of the summer with limited internet connection...I'm back. First up on photos from the last couple months is a quick follow-up on some of the prescribed fire photos from earlier in the year. If you followed the blog in the spring, there were photos from numerous fires around mid-Missouri (Like here, here, and here.) I checked back in on one of those burned areas in the Baskett Wildlife Area near Ashland and shot the photo below. The image was made within a few feet from the photograph that was shot just seconds after the fire passed.

 

This was shot from a slightly different angle, but it gives an idea of the intensity of the fire in the area now covered in wildflowers.

Wild Haven Fire

Last weekend, I helped out with a prescribed burn at the Audubon Society's Wild Haven Nature Area just outside of Columbia. Twenty acres were burned as part of a plan to manage native glade habitats. The fire was calmer than last month's grass fire, but I did get a couple photos. Enjoy.

Starting Fires

Life is always better when you get to burn. Today, I went out with the Tiger Fire Crew, a group of fire fighters from the University of Missouri. With the warm weather we've been having this week, we were able to burn two fields that are being managed at the Baskett Research Area near Ashland, Mo. I was out there primarily to work on the fire, but was able to get a few photos in as well. Enjoy.