WOW! Another great image!

This one is especially moving because it is both eery and beautiful at the same time. It is also quite bold. A very striking image!

Awesome shot! It reminds me of your night Chicago skyline image (taken from Lake Michigan) only with fire.

Exceptional image!

I think it's a little odd that we look at photos like this and evaluate them, seemingly forgetting that they are captured moments in time, moments when people's houses and possessions, maybe even their loved ones, are going up in flame and horror.

I am as guilty as anyone. Maybe there should be some appropriate mourning period or something before we start showing pictures. I mean, the fires are still going on.

I suppose, in a way, you're right, Tina. But I really don't think making note of the quality of an image in any way lessons the sensitivity we all feel towards the victims any more than images on the front page of the newspaper or, years later, in books and documentaries. They are unrelated.

We've been relentlessly conditioned, I'm afraid, to always be on guard against "offending" anyone, even accidentally. It's an unrealistic expectation. To appreciate an image cannot, of itself, be offensive. To anyone, let alone an unnamed and unpresent group.

Relax. It's your conditioning. With a little practice, you'll get over it.

Doug

I agree, Tina. Recognizing this as an exceptional image doesn't make you a bad person. Just a victim of liberalism.

Powerful image, both serene and destructive at once. Nice work.

Thank you for sharing the photo that my friends dad took. I've sent him the link.

Michelle

Thanks Doug. I sent the link to Michelle to forward on to the photographer. I am sure he or she will like to read the comments.

I'll send some other images when I have a chance. I have to be at home AND remember to do it and you know how difficult it can be to associate two things at once at our ages... Right?

Very nice image, good composition and the subject of power vs serenity is excellent.