BaSH PR0MPT
Bushfire Springwood, Australia, 17-10-2013
I noticed the sun was going down, then saw it was 3pm. Knowing something was up I went outside and captured a bunch of shots of what I thought was a giant dust storm, but it seemed to be coming from two central points so I hopped on my motorbike and headed out there.
Twenty minutes of riding down the hard shoulder (traffic had been stopped) and doing a runner down some cordoned off streets left unguarded the rest show how close I could get to the fire without going off-road. The heat from the final shots was so intense I literally couldn't bring myself to get shots of flames because I knew if I tried to get any closer (like I usually do with bush fire photos!) it'd start to roast me.
On my way through I rode down a street that was covered in flames either side but there were a LOT of fire brigade and police moving people off and closing the area down so I didn't fancy my luck stopping there and the next side street is where the closest shots came from but I was still a few hundred meters away in those!
Bushfire Springwood, Australia, 17-10-2013
I noticed the sun was going down, then saw it was 3pm. Knowing something was up I went outside and captured a bunch of shots of what I thought was a giant dust storm, but it seemed to be coming from two central points so I hopped on my motorbike and headed out there.
Twenty minutes of riding down the hard shoulder (traffic had been stopped) and doing a runner down some cordoned off streets left unguarded the rest show how close I could get to the fire without going off-road. The heat from the final shots was so intense I literally couldn't bring myself to get shots of flames because I knew if I tried to get any closer (like I usually do with bush fire photos!) it'd start to roast me.
On my way through I rode down a street that was covered in flames either side but there were a LOT of fire brigade and police moving people off and closing the area down so I didn't fancy my luck stopping there and the next side street is where the closest shots came from but I was still a few hundred meters away in those!