2011, Day 308 - Where there's smoke

When we were driving through Deschutes National Forest the smell of smoke permeated the car before we could see it.  As we continued over a crest we saw a wall of smoke about a quarter of a mile away.  The sunlight was filtering weakly though and I insisted that we find a spot to pull over so I could get a better look.  Upon inspection it was clearly a controlled burn, there were fires set methodically throughout the trees but it was interesting nonetheless.

This is a landscape crop of a photo taken as a portrait.  I like the details better and the contrast between the trees in the fore and backgrounds.

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 16-35/f2.8L Mark II
16mm, f4, 1/1000 sec @ 320 ISO