This is pretty much the image I had in my head for the forest fire photograph. I wanted a powerful pose for Wanda standing and looking over the fire damage. She had to be as naked and lain bare as the earth and trees.
For those that may wonder there is little to no Photoshop manipulation of this image. I used the white balance for tungsten lights, dropped the exposure to get as little blown highlights as possible (yeah the hair is still a little blown out). I slightly desaturated the blue but not much. Then it was just resize and slightly sharpen for the web.
Here is one from today I just coverted to a B&W
DO NOT link, use, reproduce or alter this image or any part of this image Copyright held by Wm. Bates