Month: December 2019

2019 Favorites

Here we go again … Happy New Year! 2019 was a great year and I have a lot to be grateful for. Best wishes to all for a wonderful 2020 and thank you for visiting!

You are invited to view my ‘2019 Favorites’ Gallery … in keeping with a 17 year tradition! I like to organize images by year on my website, as an alternative to my store where they are organized by subject. Each of my sites serves a purpose. My website serves as a hub for all I do with links to my store, blog, stock photography and more! Many of the images in ‘2019 Favorites’ have appeared in posts here, where I show my most current work and thoughts about photography. If you’d like to see some of the posts click on ‘Denise Bush’s Photo Blog’ at the top (to return home) and scroll down.

2019 Favorites
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Forest Fire Photos

On October 16th I had quite a surprise when I looked out our front window and saw a stream of smoke, rising from the forest in our Cimarron view. It looked like it had just started so I called to report it. They had learned of it just minutes before. Hunters, plentiful in the forest this time of year made the discovery. The investigation lead to a walled tent with a wood-burning stove. Part of the roof material was charred and consistent with some found nearby. This area of the forest is known as Cow Creek and there is just one rough, dirt forest road to gain access. Watching it for a bit I realized I should get out my camera and document it. I took this first shot about an hour after I spotted the fire. I posted it on a local residents Facebook page, alerting people who didn’t have my ‘watch tower’ view. Feeling like a photojournalist, I watched, worried and photographed the fire as other, nearby spot fires started in windy conditions. After a few days we received some very welcome snow which helped to minimize the fire, until another snow put it out completely. I am showing the images as I shot them, in chronological order.

A fire in the Cimarron Mountains near Cow Creek was discovered early in the morning on October 16, 2019. It is spreading quickly.
‘In The Beginning’ © Denise Bush
A wildfire burns in the National Forest of Southwest Colorado.
‘Growing Wildfire’ © Denise Bush
A wildfire burns in the National Forest near Ridgway Colorado.
‘Smoky Plume’ © Denise Bush
The last light of day illuminates a forest fire in the mountains near Ridgway Colorado.
‘Smoky Last Light’ © Denise Bush
Flames can be seen on a ridge in a wildfire in the National Forest of Colorado.
‘Flaming Ridge At Twilight’ © Denise Bush
A wildfire burns through the night in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
‘Wildfire At Night’ © Denise Bush
A wildfire burns throughout the night and into the pre-dawn hours in the Cimarrons of the San Juan Mountains near Ridgway, Colorado.
‘Cow Creek Fire At Sunrise’ © Denise Bush
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A forest wildfire burns through the night and into the pre-dawn hours.
‘Sunrise Fire & Smoke’ © Denise Bush
A wildfire in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado grows larger by the minute!
‘Smoky Mountains In Colorado’ © Denise Bush
A wildfire in a mountainous national forest takes on an ominous look at night.
‘Fire In The Sky I’ © Denise Bush
A wildfire in a mountainous national forest takes on an ominous look at night.
‘Fire In The Sky II’ © Denise Bush
After some welcome snow a wildfire smolders in the Cimarron Mountains near Ridgway Colorado.
‘Smoldering Cimarrons’ © Denise Bush
A fire smolders under Precipice in the Cimarron Mountain area near Ridgway Colorado.
‘Smoldering Alpenglow’ © Denise Bush