First Place

Infernal Flame   by Ross Steensland

While traveling along Rock Creek road within the Archie Creek Fire, it felt like an otherworldly area. Looking through the dense smoke I could see nothing but ash and silhouettes of what were once large trees. One broken stump was still burning while spitting sparks into the air.
I shot 4 images of the scene and blended them for noise reduction and to capture more flying sparks.

Canon 6D mkII Tamron24-70mm f2.8   1/60 sec, f2.8, iso 1600 X4

 

Second Place

Hallucinating Hummer    by Rose Christner