Wire Reels and Generators

Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 29 February 2008 in Business & Industry and Portfolio.

This is the same set of generators as earlier in the week shot from the opposite side of the plant property. My car was in the shot and I took it out with Photoshop. The night I shot this I started from a vantage point where the car wasn't visible and I was too lazy to move it when it started to intrude. I rationalized that it was a very small part of the photo and wouldn't be distracting, but in post-processing I decided it took something away from the scene, and removed it.

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Comments (9)

Mortola from SoCal, United States

this is an awesome series, the foreground is attention grabbing, it's icing on the cake, otherwise it would have been just another industrial photo. what do you say to the people in charge of these areas to get access? i've had little luck getting permission to shoot in sites like this.

29 Feb 2008 4:46am

@Mortola: Thanks a lot. I didn't say anything. I don't work at the power plant but I do work on the same property, so while I have been questioned by security, no one has told me not to take photos.

Stefan Thaler from Thiersee, Austria

the blue Hour, beautiful atmosphere, great pic!

29 Feb 2008 5:43am

@Stefan Thaler: Thank you.

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Great colors/industrial shot!

29 Feb 2008 3:05pm

@Ana Lúcia: Thank you and thanks for looking.

danthro from Suburbia, United States

i like this one too. great color, perspective, composition, sharpness, atmosphere, light.

29 Feb 2008 5:04pm

Shar from Regina, SK, Canada

Shot at the perfect time of day and very well composed. I am enjoying your series this week!

29 Feb 2008 5:48pm

@Shar: Thanks. The opportunities for the timing in this shot are about to expire with the end of the week --until November.

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

The mystery plant at the blue hour, very, very good!

29 Feb 2008 6:06pm

Steve Kravitz from Florence NJ, United States

You asked about the 500mm lens for Rudy the eagle. It's an old Nikon mirror lens fixed at f8. On the d300 that's 750mm plus a 1.6 old Nikon teleconverter making it 1200mm. The d300 lets you meter and the dot comes on when focus achieved. I like to d300 better than the d200 I traded in. Colors are better, plus lots of neat software features. Steve

29 Feb 2008 9:32pm

@Steve Kravitz: Thanks for the response. Was looking at B&H and didn't see an converters for Nikon --even after market converters. I might have to look at picking up an old one.