This happened tonight. These hills are 12km away from our house. It was an effort to reduce the fuel to stop fires returning when the weather gets worse. At the beginning it was out of control. We could hear many fire trucks rushing towards Kinglake. Luckily the wind went down and the backburning was brought under control. It is a risky business when the weather can change very quickly.

Notice the lights below - these are the private properties below the National Park. They were lucky they did not see what was going on above them.

We have seen a lot of helicopters since the fires started.

Thick smoke gives interesting light.

My shot at machinery and macros theme.

With the draught our grapevines are dried out. The sun is orange through the smoke.

Example of framing.

Example of buildings photo. How do I stop strobing when reducing the size?

This is most likely a burnt out stump from 1939 bushfires. I used flash as fill in light.

Since my husband refused to be used as a photographic object I had to go through my old photos for examples.

He noticed I was taking the picture and waved.

Example of fill-in flash in a people shot.

Star burst sun (without filter, just by chance).

A completely different portrait.