Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Fire activity swifts creek 2007 edit.jpg

Fire Activity at Swifts Creek

 * Reason:A powerful image of a very large approaching bushfire. This was taken on a scorching day from the top of our property in Swifts Creek looking towards Dargo. Fortunately the fire never reached Swifts Creek but the threat was very real --Fir0002 10:16, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Articles this image appears in:2006-07 Australian bushfire season
 * Creator:Fir0002


 * Support as nominator --Fir0002 10:16, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Some parts of the smoke is a overexposed but that can't be helped unless you have a filter (such as a polarizer) but other then that displays the power of a major bushfire every well. Bidgee (talk) 10:35, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose - All we can see is smoke coming from behind the hills. Not exceptional EV in my opinion. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:31, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Doesn't actually depict fire activity, more like distant smoke activity. Wildfire in contrast has some livelier pics.  I can see why it would be exciting to the nom, as a local resident, but it's less so to me. I actually prefer this surreal landscape also by Fir0002, assuming the color balance reflects actual conditions.  Fletcher (talk) 00:06, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Were there is smoke there is fire! It's impossible to get near a major bushfire such as the one above but it does display the power (Stronger the fire more dense the smoke is and high it goes) also wildfires are not really the same as a bushfire since it's a different country, different plants plus a different climate. Bidgee (talk) 05:22, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Not to say I would expect Fir0002 to put his life in danger for a FP, but it isn't impossible to get close to a bushfire, just reckless. It happens all the time and plenty of impressive photography has been taken of bushfires, albeit probably by firefighters and brave journalists embedded in fire crews. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 09:35, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Heh, time to rip out that 400mm... Noodle snacks (talk) 23:09, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Have to concur with Alvegaspar and Fletcher. In a FP of a bushfire, I want to see the fire... ;-) --Janke | Talk 08:01, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Yeah, for the same reasons as above, I agree. It does add to the article, no doubt, but this image won't set the world on fire *cough*. ;-) Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 09:35, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose This is a very "pretty" picturesque photo, but has low educational value. You can try quality photo at Commons.--Caspian blue 19:45, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

--Noodle snacks (talk) 23:11, 17 December 2008 (UTC)