Balazs Gardi, Photographer, Los Angeles

Description

This powerful vertical image captured by photographer Balazs Gardi shows a raging wildfire sweeping through a forested area. A towering plume of bright orange and yellow fire dominates the upper portion of the frame, contrasted by heavy billows of dark grey smoke. In the lower right, the skeletal silhouette of a charred evergreen tree stands against the intense heat and ash. The natural lighting is harsh and warm, cast entirely by the blazing inferno below a hazy sky. The composition emphasizes the scale and raw destructive power of the wildfire in an outdoor landscape setting.

Style

Documentary, Vertical, Moody, Warm

Techniques

Natural light

Color

Background

Forest

Context

Documentary