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Published: 2010-09-07 13:53:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 40662; Favourites: 1701; Downloads: 587
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Last evening myself and ~PaulGana went to photograph the "Fourmile Canyon Wildfire",which is burning behind and above the city of Boulder, and what awaited us was something the likes of which I have never seen. I always wanted to photograph a wildfire, but I have to say, I couldn't help but stop and be reminded of the people who are and have lost their homes, and whose lives are changed forever. Thank goodness for very long lenses is all I can say. I would in no way want to be close to this monster. Talk about bittersweet, this very shot now seems to be going viral on twitter [link] and is approaching 10,000 views in just a few hours. I only wish I never had to photograph it to begin with... This was shot with my Sony a550 and my Tamron 200-400mm lens. I am reminded of a quote with this shot--"Even when causing her most destruction, Mother Nature is still beautiful", very true, it is just very sad to see it....I hope you all like it
John
EDIT--- As of 4pm Denver time today, this photo has now been picked up by The AP (Associated Press) so if anyone sees it please get a shot of it in use, or a screen cap. Their client base is huge and includes many news agencies (NBC, CBS, Time Magazine, etc etc) along with several online news resources, like Yahoo, AOL, Google, etc etc If anyone happens to see it online please by all means get a screen shot for me! If you see it in print please take a snap shot of it for me!
Thanks everyone!
See more on my website jdebordphoto.com all work copyrighted 2010 John De Bord. Feel free to link to this shot on Facebook, Twitter, etc. I welcome the extra exposure!
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When I saw these I was like, Colorado! and I read and I was like...O_o woah!
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Huh... I can see a strong contrast in this photo somehow. The city and the fires behind it....Great capture.
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I was on my way home from a camping trip south of boulder when we saw a huge pillar of smoke coming from boulder. we had no idea what happened, its was terrifying!
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I recall the "old fire/gran prix fire" in southern california a few years back looked quite similar. beautiful yet destructive; it destroyed many of my favorite places of youth.
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I read every word of your comments and I agree with you about the beauty of nature. This just goes to show one the dichotomy of nature - awesomely destructive and awesomely beautifyl
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I have featured your piece in my news article about Photography, Photography Editing and Photography Manipulation.
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P.S. John, I'd love your feedback on this subject 
Thanks
TC
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Scary stuff, and I'll be out there on a wildfire management team soon. Wish us luck. You're a talented photographer.
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that is sad.. but what an amazing shot!
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congrats - this is a stunning photo however so deserves such regaurd - truly impressive! John de Bord does it again!
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Looks like the hills around my part of California during the wildfires fro ma few years ago. Fire in every direction.
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I remember that.
I work at the Super WalMart in Longmont and I remember one lady went through the lanes with like ... six carts of groceries and supplies. Spent something close to six thousand dollars. When asked by the cashier why so much, she said that only a hundred-fifty was for herself; the rest, she was donating to the refugees of this fire.
Longmont was smoky for a few days during it; caused some health problems too.
Either way, I'm glad it's over now and that is honestly a stunning photo of it.
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My family lives in Nederland, this is a beautiful pic of the ferocity of nature, thank you for posting it.
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It was startling to find this, and even more startling to find out it was from Boulder. I'm originally from Colorado, but I'm out of state for college right now, so I had no idea this was even happening...
Had I been home to hear about it, this would have been somewhat frightening.
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More than deserved DD! I am absolutely speechless!!
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Oh, it's beautiful! I can't help it, it's lovely!
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I live in Golden, right next to Boulder!
The sunsets were pretty for a while, thanks to this. But it's very scary. D:
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Amazingly frightening and beautiful at the same time. I've never seen a wildfire before.
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I feel for you, I just had one of those about a mile behind my house on a hill. We were close to getting evacuated (about half of my school was) and a few houses were lost. It screwed a lot of stuff up
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Just remember this... When a wild fire burns, yes it is destructive and hurtful. But when it is over, what's left is fertile ground. Imagine all the new beginnings.
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indeed there's a huge amount of beauty in all this, like it
dam why can't we live in a more independent society!
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holy crap dude so this is whut the apocalypse looks like
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Oh my god. That's intense. Beautiful and sad. Nice shot.
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A very beautiful gallery of stunning scenes. That is very beautiful country out there and I agree. The Boulder scene is frightening even as it is beautiful.
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I KNEW someone would get a DD for taking a picture of the Fourmile Fire. Beautiful picture! I'm going to have to show this picture to my dad!
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Congratulations John! You definitely deserve a DD for this!
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